Crypto ATMs flood San Antonio
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Crypto currency ATMs are popping up throughout San Antonio. Smokerz Paradise offers such a machine for people to conduct crypto currency transactions. Shift leader Bridgette McFarlin demonstrates how to conduct a transaction on one of the ATMs located at Smokerz Paradise near IH10 and DeZavala on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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These days, people can buy all sorts of things at local convenience stores: candy, soda, beer, cigarettes and cryptocurrency via special ATMs.
In October 2019, only 31 Bitcoin ATMs dotted the city. Today, 212 of the machines reside in local gas stations, corner markets, and tobacco and liquor stores across the city, according to CoinATMradar.com, a website that tracks digital currency ATMs.