In 200 American supermarkets Walmart appeared Coinstar ATMs. With their help, store visitors will be able to exchange cash for cryptocurrency vouchers. According to Bloomberg, a voucher purchased through an ATM must be registered on the Coinme web resource.
Transactions to buy bitcoin virtual currency are subject to a 4% fee. Bitcoin exchange transactions for cash are subject to a 7% fee.
Coinme ATMs can also be found in other U.S. stores. According to S. Doctor, who is in charge of research at cryptocurrency broker BitOoda, Walmart's participation in the project will allow Coinme to significantly increase its network of ATMs. As a result, Americans' confidence in bitcoin will increase.
At the end of the summer, fraudsters published a press release on behalf of Walmart stating that the world's largest retailer would begin accepting Litecoin tokens as a means of payment. This news caused the value of Litecoin's digital currency to rise by 40 percent.
According to M. Blakeman, the retailer's director of communications, there are currently 200 ATMs installed in Walmart stores. The company plans to increase their number to 8,000. The ATMs are being installed in supermarkets as part of a pilot project launched by Coinme with Coinstar.
