ATM manufacturer Genmega and LibertyX have partnered to offer Bitcoin buying functionality on regular ATMs. 100,000 regular ATMs can now become Bitcoin ATMs with a simple upgrade. It is likely that large amounts of Genmega ATM owners will do this upgrade since it provides extra revenue and extra attention without any upfront cost or new hardware.
The Bitcoin and crypto ATM industry has been proliferating. There are 3,894 Bitcoin ATMs worldwide as of this writing on 18 October 2018, up from 2,086 at the beginning of 2018 and 949 at the beginning of 2017. This near-exponential growth of the number of Bitcoin ATMs is building critical infrastructure that turns Bitcoin into a currency that can be used in everyday life, especially in the case of 2-way Bitcoin ATMs that facilitate both buying and selling of the popular cryptocurrency. It helps people paid with Bitcoin, get the cash they need for food and rent. In general, even ATMs that only offer Bitcoin buying are still increasing global demand for the digital currency by providing upward pressure on Bitcoin’s price.
If all 100,000 Genmega ATMs are upgraded, then the number of Bitcoin ATMs will skyrocket by more than an order of magnitude. This could drastically increase Bitcoin adoption, since people that go to regular ATMs will see that Bitcoin is available, and if they did not know about Bitcoin already, they would probably research it and possibly buy it. It will be easier than ever before to buy Bitcoin across the United States if even a fraction of Genmega ATMs upgrade. The combination of Genmega Bitcoin ATMs and classic Bitcoin ATMs will make instant Bitcoin buying available in practically every town across the country.
At this time Genmega ATMs will only be offering Bitcoin purchase option, since LibertyX, which is the exchange they partnered with, only offers Bitcoin buying. LibertyX is a top method in the United States for buying Bitcoin with cash. Users of LibertyX bring cash to a LibertyX location, which can be any store that chooses to offer LibertyX. They exchange cash for a voucher that can be instantly redeemed for Bitcoin. LibertyX is something like a mix between a Bitcoin exchange and a Bitcoin dealer, and they actually launched the first Bitcoin ATMs in the United States back in 2014.
As of 2014, there were 420,000 regular fiat ATMs in the United States, 100X more than all the Bitcoin ATMs in the world as of 2018, and the number of regular fiat ATMs has probably grown since 2014. Worldwide there are an estimated 3.5 million ATMs. If these regular ATMs can become Bitcoin ATMs with a simple software upgrade like that offered by Genmega and LibertyX, then the number of Bitcoin ATMs will grow at unprecedented speeds, and Bitcoin’s price will likely go up from increased demand.
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