Today ATMs offer a quick way to perform these operations 24 hours a day at your place of operation. It is interesting to know that a cryptocurrency ATM is not strictly an ATM, which is essentially connected to a bank and complies with dispensing cash, among other banking operations. On the other hand, a bitcoin ATM or one associated with another cryptocurrency, is connected to a money exchange through the Internet and accepts payments in cash or card. According to Statista figures in the world, there are currently 2,143 ATMs and an average of 4.3 machines are opened per day. In addition, there are more and more ATM manufacturers, although at the moment Genesis Con (35%) and General Bytes (24%) have the largest market share.

It is convenient to indicate that the Ibero-American countries Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Honduras, Cuba, Spain and Portugal. Among them only a few still do not have cryptocurrency machines accompany me to know what if they have these wonderful ATMs.

Colombia

It is worth remembering that your first cryptocurrency ATM is located in Bogotá, during LabitConf 2017, Athena Bitcoin announced the start-up of another self-service equipment for the purchase of bitcoins, specifically in the Portobelo Design Center building in front of the Parque de la 93, in the northern area of ​​the Colombian capital. Athena Bitcoin's plans include the installation of 200 ATMs in the Latin American region with an investment of $ 10 million.

Argentina

Athena Bitcoin, a US company that manufactures ATMs for cryptoactives, recently put into operation its first bitcoin ATM in Argentina. The equipment is located on the first floor of the Recoleta Urban Mall, in Buenos Aires. In the past, other companies in the industry have installed this type of ATM in the Argentine capital. However, these Athena ATMs are just beginning with the sale of BTC. Later, they will be adding the sale of other types of cryptocurrencies.





Ecuador

A group of Ecuadorian consultants on cryptoactives called CriptoAsesores, revealed on Thursday, February 8, 2018, the first fully active cryptocurrency ATMs in the country. The presentation event was held in the auditorium of the Metropolitan building in the capital of the Andean country. The demonstration revealed two teams that can operate by buying or selling dollars in exchange for bitcoin, Dash and a cryptocurrency called Pura (which ranks 233rd out of a world market capitalization with a current value of 0). , $ 243569 for each token). These ATMs are now available to be used by the general public in office 410 of the Metropolitan building in the city of Quito. The team hopes to continue building this type of devices also for export.

Perú

They do not exist yet but up to five ATMs will be installed in Lima's shopping centers before the end of the year so that users can buy the five main cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ehereum, Litecoin, Ripple and Dash, said Rafael Merino, managing director of the company. of stock market advice Investor.

Panamá

The first bitcoin ATM in Panama was launched on Monday, May 25 at 11:00 a.m. 2015. The installation was made at the place of sale of the Virtual MallBox shipping company, which is located in the area of Balboa of the City of Panama. The Bitcoin Tigo company will be operating the ATM and chose the place because of its relevance in stimulating the global market promoted by the Central American republic, especially in relation to international e-commerce solutions.

Dominican Republic

It has 5 bitcoin ATMs in the Dominican Republic, some where you can buy and sell in pesos and other dollars.

Costa Rica

A cryptocurrency ATM is already in Costa Rica during the year 2017, an event that makes this technology tangible for skeptics who believe that currencies like Bitcoinson's The ATM aims to facilitate the purchase of coins like Bitcoin, Dash and Litecoin.

México

On November 18, 2017 the town of Culiacán received its first bitcoin ATM. The fact was transmitted by the Facebook page "The Culiacan debate" where they recorded the event live. Bitcoin users in Mexico will surely feel very grateful for the new alternative that this ATM presents for them.

Chile

It was yesterday, December 13, 2017, when the first cryptocurrency ATM was installed in the municipality of Providencia, northeast of Santiago; but this new cashier has integrated the ShapeShift exchange house, so you can make exchanges between cryptocurrencies through it. It was installed by the Bitcoin Association of Chile, which yesterday held the CryptoNight to present this new device. It is the second in that country.

Brasil

It also has cryptocurrency ATMs, however information about its location is scarce.





Spain

In total in Spain there are 62 ATMs to be able to buy cryptypes, according to statistics portal Statista. The most common currency to get out of these ATMs is bitcoin, but they also allow others to be extracted such as ether, bitcoin cash or dash information obtained from CoinATMRadar,

Portugal

If my dear friends to Portugal there are ATMs of this type, it currently has two ATMs opening the way to the future.

So what can we say, the cryptocurrency ATMs are here to stay and have a good acceptance in Latin America I hope you liked my article,





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