Exchange Platform Safello Demonstrates Sweden's First Bitcoin ATM

Exchange Platform Safello Demonstrates Sweden's First Bitcoin ATM

Bitcoin exchange Safello will unveil Sweden's first bitcoin ATM next week, after announcing their work on the Lamassu machine just three weeks ago. The ATM will be on display next Monday at Stockholm's STHLM TECH Meetup - converting users' cash into bitcoin and depositing it in their wallet addresses. For now, the machine is operating in Safello's office while the company puts the finishing touches to its service. It will move to a more permanent location soon. "We are in discussion with a big mall in the centre of Stockholm. We aim to cooperate with them for the first ATM deployment,"....


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