Helsinki Railway Station Gets Finland's First Bitcoin ATM
Source: bittiraha.fi. There's a lot of buzz surrounding bitcoin ATMs. Vancouver has one. Stockholm has one. And now Finland has one. It's located in the high-traffic Helsinki railway station. Finnish website bittiraha.fi says they're behind the ATM, and have posted pictures for the purpose of proving so. Henry Brade, CEO of Prasos (the company behind bittiraha.fi) says its the first of its kind in Europe, but Safello may have them beat. The ATM is located inside of a record store called Levykauppa Äx (which apparently already accepts bitcoins), and well, not a whole lot more is known about....
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