BITCOIN -NEW YEAR''S SINGAPORE'S- BAR

SINGAPORE: Watering hole to usher in 2018 with cryptocurrency party.

A Singapore bar that bills itself as the world's highest cryptocurrency club is offering a New Year's Eve package that includes a limousine pick-up and butler services -but it'll cost you a whole Bitcoin.

Skyline, on the 45th floor of a skyscraper overlooking the city-state's glittering waterfront, is promising party-goers a luxury filled night out with champagne and oysters and caviar.

But it won't come cheap, with the price of  Bitcoin -which has surged dramatically in recent months -hovering around US$13,000 yesterday.

The party at Skyline is called ''Bianco'' with revellers dressed in white enjoying a night of drinking and dancing before watching New Year's fireworks display over the waterfront.

While the club has run the night before, it is the first time they are offering the Bitcoin deal, and customers can also pay in regular cash.

The New Year idea came after the bar ran other successful virtual-currency themed nights for people in the financial technology sector, which is booming in the city-state.

Skyline was the first club in Singapore to accept cryptocurrencies when it started taking payments in  Ethereum , a Bitcoin rival.

''We had a couple of crptocurrencies after-parties here, and we have also themed a night -called  Crypto Thursdays,'' the manager of the club disclosed.

''So that basically got the ball rolling for cryptocurrency acceptance here at Skyline,'' he added.

But most transactions are in regular cash and there was scepticism among some customers about using Bitcoin, due to its surging price and recent volatility.