Las Vegas’ Resorts Worlds is already in a league of its own, boasting Sin City’s largest pool collection, a sprawling 88-acre property and A-list residencies from Katy Perry and Celine Dion.

And now the luxury hotel/casino/concert complex will blaze trails as The Strip’s first establishment to accept cryptocurrency as payment, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Guests will be able to spend Bitcoin, Ether or nearly five dozen other digital currencies on food, gambling, clubs, concerts, and more as Resorts World works in partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Gemini when it opens on June 24th.

Gemini, the cryptocurrency app founded by billionaire entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is a place to buy, sell, and store a range of cryptocurrencies simply, releasably, and securely.

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‘We are incredibly excited to work with Resorts World Las Vegas, the first casino on the Las Vegas Strip to partner with a crypto platform and explore integrating crypto into their guest experience,’ Tyler Winklevoss said in the statement.

‘Whether it’s the ability for their customers to use cryptocurrency at Resorts World Las Vegas or convert dollars into crypto, being one of the first to support crypto is a great way to … provide a 21st century experience.’  

While Downtown Las Vegas’ The D and Golden Gate do accept Bitcoin for dining, hotel reservations, gift shops and at the front desk, gambling must be done in cold, hard US cash according to the Golden Gate’s website.

The cutting-edge way to pay is just one of Resorts World’s offerings.

Along with Perry and Dion, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Zedd and Tiesto have already booked residencies at the Strip hotel.

Resorts World Las Vegas will feature 3,500 guest rooms and suites, an innovative, next-generation gaming floor, world-class food and beverage options, a 5,000-capacity theatre, distinct nightlife venues, a curated retail collection of designer and boutique shops, and more.

While Gemini is a gateway to the world of crypto, their parent company also owns Nifty Gateway, an exchange for the art world’s latest craze, NFTs or non fungible tokens.

Stars like The Weeknd, Halsey, Zedd, ASAP Rocky and Calvin Harris have all invested in the one-of-a-kind digital assets, which are changing the way art is being sold.

Cryptocurrency values have been soaring in the past months. Though Bitcoin was worth $29,388.30 at the start of the year, it was trading at $56,092 as of Thursday.

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