Inside the Race to Launch the First US Bitcoin ATM
Eric L. Stromberg was pushing his old Ford Escort faster than it was used to, as he sped from California to New Mexico with his 125-pound traveling companion sitting silently in the back. Stromberg had never spent a night in Albuquerque before, and he knew no one there. But Albuquerque was to about to become home for Stromberg and his passenger - a glossy white bitcoin ATM made by Lamassu. This single-car interstate race had been part of Stromberg's bid to launch the first bitcoin ATM in the United States. First past the line. A month later, on 18th February, Stromberg announced that his....
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