Shoppers can buy bitcoin at kiosks inside select Walmart stores

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Posted at 4:41 PM, Oct 22, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-22 17:41:05-04

People tin present bargain bitcoin astatine prime Walmart stores.

The cryptocurrency tin beryllium purchased astatine Coinstar machines.

“Coinstar, successful concern with Coinme, has launched a aviator that allows its customers to usage currency to acquisition bitcoin,” Walmart communications manager Molly Blakeman told CoinDesk.

Blakeman added that determination are 200 Coinstar machines wrong Walmart stores crossed the country.

Many customers whitethorn beryllium acquainted with Coinstar machines, which complaint a interest to speech coins for insubstantial bills.

Coinstar says each bitcoin acquisition carries a transaction interest of 4% and a currency speech interest of 7%.