New York's Bitcoin ATM Could Hit BitLicence Snag

New York's Bitcoin ATM Could Hit BitLicence Snag

The combination of Gotham and cryptocurrency has proved to be a powerful lure for New York City's top tabloid this week. The New York Post reported on a Brooklyn man who has purchased a Lamassu bitcoin ATM and is planning to install it in the city's fashionable East Village. The Post likened Lamassu's compact table-top units, which stand 48cm tall and weigh about 45kg each, to a "typical deli ATM" - the small cash points often found in a corner of the city's ubiquitous provisions shops. The Lamassu units, which convert fiat currency to bitcoin, have been described by the company's....


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