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Walmart Rolls Out First Installation of Bitcoin ATMs
Bitcoin // October 22, 2021

Walmart is bringing bitcoin ATMs to 200 locations across the U.S. via a partnership with coin-cashing machine company Coinstar and crypto-cash exchange Coinme. Although the initial trial period is just 200 ATMs, the launch is part of a wider plan to install 8,000 bitcoin ATMs...

Bitcoin Daily: Argentina’s Crypto Exchanges See Record Growth In 2020; JD.com Sees 20,000 Digital Yuan...
Bitcoin // December 14, 2020

Argentinian crypto exchange Ripio has had a huge surge in users, boasting almost 1 million now as opposed to just 400,000 at the beginning of the year, CoinDesk reported. “I’ve been with the exchange pretty much from the beginning, and I’ve never seen this kind...

Coinstar CEO On The Ongoing Journey To Digitize Cash (And Turn It Into Crypto)
Digital Payments // August 05, 2020

The great digital shift, along with the pandemic, has brought all manner of activities into the virtual realm — most notably, of course, commerce itself. To that end, as Coinstar CEO Jim Gaherity told PYMNTS, the stage is becoming increasingly set for currency — the...

Bitcoin Daily: Crypto ATM Network Coinme Raises $5.5M As Transaction Volume Jumps; App Abra Nets...
Bitcoin // May 07, 2020

Seattle-based digital currency ATM company Coinme has brought in a $5.5 million investment as it experiences rising interest in its network, GeekWire reported. The company was started in 2014 and has 28 staffers and over 3,500 locations throughout 27 states. Neil Bergquist, the company’s CEO,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Do Grocery Stores Need Bitcoin ATMs?

January 25, 2019
There are few familiar places in the regular life of a consumer other than the grocery store, and that familiarity can breed a type of trust, a sense that nothing too weird or threatening will happen there. That doesn’t mean they can’t be about innovation. Supermarkets are home to some of retail’s major and ongoing […]

Quick Reads
Walmart Rolls Out First Installation of Bitcoin ATMs

October 22, 2021
Walmart is bringing bitcoin ATMs to 200 locations across the U.S. via a partnership with coin-cashing machine company Coinstar and crypto-cash exchange Coinme. Although the initial trial period is just 200 ATMs, the launch is part of a wider plan to install 8,000 bitcoin ATMs in the country, according to multiple reports. There are more […]

Bitcoin Daily: Argentina’s Crypto Exchanges See Record Growth In 2020; JD.com Sees 20,000 Digital Yuan...

December 14, 2020
Argentinian crypto exchange Ripio has had a huge surge in users, boasting almost 1 million now as opposed to just 400,000 at the beginning of the year, CoinDesk reported. “I’ve...

Bitcoin Daily: Crypto ATM Network Coinme Raises $5.5M As Transaction Volume Jumps; App Abra Nets...

May 07, 2020
Seattle-based digital currency ATM company Coinme has brought in a $5.5 million investment as it experiences rising interest in its network, GeekWire reported. The company was started in 2014 and...

Coinstar Customers Can Now Add Cash To Their Amazon Balance

May 16, 2018
Coinstar announced Wednesday (May 16) that customers can now add cash to their Amazon balance by using Amazon Cash at select Coinstar kiosks around the country. In a press release,...