Elektra store network sets to add Bitcoin lightning payments

Mexican retailing and banking firm Group Elektra will soon add Bitcoin lightning payment across their store network according to the own Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego.

According to owner Ricardo Salinas Pliego's Twitter post, Group Elektra, a Mexican retailing and banking firm, will enable support for the Bitcoin Lightning network.

The new payment feature will be available in Electra's stores “very soon,” according to the billionaire.

With an estimated net worth of $15.4 billion, Salinas Pliego, Mexico's third-richest person, has been a long-time backer of Bitcoin. He announced in November that he will invest 10% of his wealth in the largest cryptocurrency.

The businessman recently stated that his Banco Azteca would be the first Mexican bank to accept Bitcoin in the near future.

Over the last year, Bitcoin's main scaling solution has grown in popularity, with social media giant Twitter allegedly exploring a tipping function based on the technology.