4Yr·

Bitcoin ATM at the mall?

Today I went shopping in a Spanish mall together with my mother and could hardly believe my eyes when I walked past the ATMs:

In addition to ATMs from ING, Banco Santander and Euronet, there is also a machine for buying $BTC
$ETH
$LTC (+2.16%) and $BCH (+3.8%)

The way it works is relatively simple: you can click on the cryptocurrency of your choice, deposit cash, scan the QR code of your wallet on the reader, for example, and you will receive the equivalent value credited to your wallet.

Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to find out how high the fees are.

For fun, I will probably test it out soon and will be very happy to report on it, if there is interest😁

Have you already seen such Bitcoin ATMs in your city?

18 Comments

SalzStengel 📈.@SalzStengel

4Yr

When are the vending machines coming where I can buy worn panties? 🤓🤓🤓

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Pascal Jobst@Pascal_J

4Yr

@SalzStengel That would be the Play🥸

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DADlikesCRYPTO@DADlikesCRYPTO

4Yr

@SalzStengel We already had this topic Japan is your place...

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Europoor@Europoor

4Yr

@FinancialKaiza A man with culture, that's the tip I wanted to give.

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Stefan@InvestmentPapa

4Yr

We have a BTC/ETH ATM in one of our stores in Berlin. From 9spot.

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Finanztherapie@Finanztherapie

4Yr

Very nice! I live in Austria and here the adoption of crypto ATM is well advanced. 🚀🚀🚀

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Pascal Jobst@Pascal_J

4Yr

@Finanztherapie I took this picture in Spain. It's really blatant how adoption is progressing, even for purchases with cash.

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Colin@col_invest

4Yr

That sounds cool. I'd love to hear more about it! :)

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TechInvest@Tech_Invest

4Yr

Hahaha how cool

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Alex R.@MrElch13

4Yr

I can be glad that we have internet at a decent speed... Or that I can at least receive some radio stations digitally in my car...
I think 75 percent of the people here don't even know what bitcoin is...
I'll be happy if there's no one in front of me at the checkout in Lidl who doesn't know the Lidl app or says they don't need that shit... 🙈

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Pascal Jobst@Pascal_J

4Yr

@MrElch13 It's hard to imagine something like this in 2021... Of course, it has to be said that not all of Spain has Bitcoin ATMs like this. I live in an area frequented by tourists.

There are also many Swedes, Finns and English people living here.

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Alex R.@MrElch13

4Yr

@Pascal_J I think that in some areas Germany is lagging behind quite a bit... My wife is originally from Switzerland... And when she came here 20 years ago, she was amazed when she asked why this and that didn't exist here... Even if it's just something as simple as points cards in supermarkets...
Well... In some areas, many people seem to be lagging behind one way or another... 🙄
So it's no wonder that something like bitcoin is sometimes unknown... After all, it's nothing to touch... 😁

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Pascal Jobst@Pascal_J

4Yr

@MrElch13 To be honest, I'm often shocked at how much Germany still lives in the Stone Age...
Here you have been able to pay by card at the bakery for several years now - occasionally with a minimum purchase of €5, but that is actually a rarity. In Germany, I've been to the bakery so often (big chain, no bakery in the village) that doesn't accept cards...

How can a large industrial nation like Germany be so poorly digitized?
Not accepting cards is just one example of many😅

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Alex R.@MrElch13

4Yr

@Pascal_J the cash card was accepted at our bakery a few years ago... But it didn't last long... No one liked cards...

Thanks to corona, card payments have become more popular I think... The only reasonably good thing about the crap virus... 🙈

In Germany, other values are more important to many people than technical newfangled stuff... 🤷🏻‍♂️🙄🙈

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