Bitcoin ATM Pioneer Plans Machines for Singapore, London
The company behind the world's first bitcoin ATM is planning to set up machines in London and Singapore by mid-March. Vancouver-based Bitcoiniacs, said the new machines are part of a global expansion that will also include setting up physical brokerage offices for retail customers and a push to increase use of its own bitcoin exchange. Bitcoiniacs founder Mitchell Demeter said the ATMs would likely be located inside a cafe or coffee shop, with a brokerage office attached. This would be similar to its current set-up in Vancouver, where the ATM is located in Waves Coffee House. "We're....
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Three companies are competing to install London's first bitcoin ATM in the coming weeks. The firms, all startups, are awaiting the delivery of their machines from manufacturers Robocoin and Lamassu. They say they have locations staked out, but are keeping mum until they are ready to make an official public announcement. The firm with the most ambitious plan is Global Bitcoin ATM Ltd. The bootstrapped startup plans to install five machines per month in the UK, starting in London. It eventually plans to install machines globally, according to its spokesperson, Terry James. Global Bitcoin....
More Bitcoin ATMs for the UK. Bitcoin now has multiple dedicated Bitcoin ATMs in London, allowing the public to buy and sell Bitcoin for cash. This makes London one of the leading cities for these machines globally. UK Bitcoin based startup SatoshiPoint has just announced the installation of three Robocoin ATMs that will be live from Friday, May 30th. To celebrate, they are throwing a Bitcoin bash. This official launch party will be on the same Friday at Old Street Tube location Nincomsoup, starting from 6pm. The Launch party will be in conjunction with Bitcoin POS XBTerminal, who is also....
Singapore has quickly become a hotspot for bitcoin acquisition. Last week, six new bitcoin ATMs launched in the city-state, according to Bitcoin Malaysia. The locations of the machines are as follows: Dynasty Audio N Cameras. 4Point3 Café. Afeita Pte Ltd. Pic n Pixel Singapore Pte Ltd. Raffles Link at Citylink Mall. The Spiffy Dapper. The first four locations are equipped with Numoni machines, the fifth location is equipped with a Lamassu machine, and the last, a Tembusu machine. The amount of new devices for public use highlights the current craze for bitcoin in Asia (and the world, for....
For some of us love has been in the air this past weekend. And it is on that note that I would like to begin this article. On Friday last week, Quantified Assets announced to the world that they had launched a bitcoin vending machine that would dispense gold and silver. The vending machine is located at the Hackerspace on King George's Avenue, in Singapore. This was a first for the world, and the company behind the vending machines plans to include the same to all of its 118 machines in operation around the world. The choice of Singapore was also seen to be an inspired one since the....
Harriet Dennys, writing in The Telegraph during the Summer, revealed that London has now overtaken New York and Beijing as the global financial center with the most "economic clout," according to a PwC study tracking the development of the world's 30 leading cities. London achieved the number one position in PwC's Cities of Opportunity index with a margin of 55 points, an increase of two places from last year's third-place ranking, placing it ahead of New York, Singapore, Toronto and San Francisco. London enjoys a growing reputation as the World's technological tech hub. The PwC survey....