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First Bitcoin ATM spotted in Europe

December 16, 2013

The virtual currency Bitcoin, which has been fluctuating wildly in recent weeks and at the center of much speculation about whether it is a bubble headed for an impending burst, got just a little bit more grounded in the real world: Photos of a Bitcoin ATM have been published today by Finnish deployer Bittiraha.

The rather smallish unit is seen on a wall-mounted shelf in a record store, next to piles of T-shirts, within the Helsinki Railway Station. According to the blog post, 200,000 people make their way through the station daily.

One of several pictures of the machine, from the blog post:

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