Convenience Stores and Pawn Shops See Foot Traffic from Bitcoin ATMs
Bitcoin is continuing its popular trend throughout society, and these days the decentralized currency can now be purchased at your local bodega, gas station, deli, and convenience store. According to recent reports, bitcoin teller machines (BTMs) worldwide are popping up in great numbers; most notably in the U.S. as the country now commands roughly 1,279 crypto-dispensing devices.
The Last Months of 2017 Sees an Increase in Bitcoin Teller Machines With the U.S. Commanding Over 1,200 Devices
During the end of 2017, the bitcoin teller machine environment has been growing fast as the market has seen a 7.6 percent increase in machines worldwide over the past few months. The biggest markets for BTMs reside in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Austria. However, at the moment the U.S. has over 75 percent of the BTM market share globally with roughly 1,270 tellers according to Coinatmradar’s data statistics. On the global level, the most prominent BTM manufacturers include Genesiscoin, General Bytes, Lamassu, and Coinsource. Other BTM producers with smaller machine percentages are Bitaccess, Covault, Bitxatm, and a few unknown manufacturers.
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