Bitcoin terminals appear in Walmart supermarkets

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Special terminals have appeared in the stores of the American retailer Walmart, with which you can purchase bitcoins.

The terminals are developed by Coinstar, which is known for ATMs that allow you to exchange coins for bills. There are 200 such devices in the chain’s supermarkets, Molly Blakeman, director of communications at Walmart, told CoinDesk.

To buy bitcoin, you need to insert a bill into the terminal. After that, the client will receive a paper coupon with a code by which he needs to register on the CoinMe wallet website and go through verification. Then you can use the coupon. According to CoinDesk, the terminal charges a commission of 4% for buying bitcoin and another 7% for exchanging cash.

Walmart is the largest, but not the first, retailer in the United States to offer customers the option to purchase cryptocurrency. This spring, 300 bitcoin terminals have already appeared in select stores at Winn-Dixie, Fresco y Más and Harveys in Florida.

Walmart fell victim to a cryptocurrency scam in September. At the time, unidentified individuals posted a fake press release on the GlobeNewswire press release website stating that the network plans to accept Litecoin as payment for purchases. After the message was reprinted by several news outlets, the price of the digital coin briefly increased by 20%.

On Wednesday, October 19, Bitcoin Strategy, the first exchange-traded fund for bitcoin futures in the United States, started trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Against the background of increased investor interest, the price of bitcoin this week set another all-time record, exceeding $ 66,100, after which it lost almost 5% and on October 22 is at $ 63,300.

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