By Laura Waxmann

Bitcoin, a digital “cryptocurrency,” is now being dispensed at a local grocery on 17th and Mission streets that installed a Bitcoin ATM – the third of its kind in the Mission District, and the first to appear at a market.

“At first I thought, what the hell is this?” said the nephew of the market’s owner, who gave his name as Raj. “I thought it was just going to be sitting there, but I’ve actually seen a couple of transactions happen since we first got it in a few weeks ago.”

Two Bitcoin ATMs are installed and open to the public at 20Mission Hive, the artist and merchant collective on 20th and Mission streets that was bought by bitcoin investor Jared Kenna last month…READ MORE