Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Finland’s first Bitcoin vending machine unveiled in Helsinki

helsinkitimes.fi / 16 Dec 2013

STARTING today, it is possible to buy the digital currency known as bitcoins in Helsinki, following the unveiling of Finland’s first Bitcoin vending machine in the record shop Levykauppa Äx in Asematunneli, a shopping centre in down-town Helsinki. By inserting euro notes to the machine, it will transfer an equivalent amount of bitcoins to the depositor’s digital wallet.

Henry Brade, the chief executive of Prasos, the company behind the website Bittiraha.fi, estimates that the vending machine is also the first of its kind in Europe. The world’s first Bitcoin vending machine was unveiled in Canada’s Vancouver in October. - READ MORE

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