During the coronavirus pandemic, the number of terminals for operations with cryptocurrencies has increased significantly in the world.
According to the CoinATMRadar service, since March last year, the number of bitcoin ATMs has increased by 57.5%, or by 9683 machines.
At the moment, holders of digital currencies in the world are served by 16,835 cryptomats. At the beginning of last year, there were only 7,152 terminals.
The rapid growth in the number of bitcoin ATMs has been outlined since the fall of last year. This trend is directly related to the rise in prices for cryptocurrencies and the growing interest in such assets on the part of various categories of investors.
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The lion's share of crypto ATMs (81%) is installed in the United States. Americans are ready to serve 13,699 crypto ATMs.
Since the beginning of March 2020, the number of such devices in the United States has grown by more than 170%. If in the winter of last year, 4945 terminals operated in this country, then at the beginning of March this year this number reached 13 699.
Canada ranks second in the ranking. In this country, cryptocurrency holders are served by 1268 terminals.
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Among European countries, the best indicators were achieved by Great Britain and Austria. In total, 1273 machines were installed in the region, while in March last year, 1233 cryptomats were servicing bitcoin holders.
77.6% of such devices provide an opportunity to buy digital currency only. 22.4% of Bitcoin ATMs are equipped with the option to sell coins.