(Reuters) – Walmart Inc mentioned on Thursday clients at a few of its U.S. shops will be capable to buy bitcoin utilizing ATM-like machines put in by Coinstar.
Coinstar, recognized for its machines that may alternate bodily cash for money, has partnered with digital foreign money alternate CoinMe to let clients purchase bitcoin at a few of its kiosks.
There are 200 Coinstar kiosks positioned inside Walmart shops throughout the USA that may permit clients to purchase bitcoin, a Walmart spokesperson mentioned.
Walmart was topic to a cryptocurrency hoax in September when a pretend press launch was printed saying a partnership between the world’s largest retailer and litecoin. The information had briefly despatched costs of the little recognized cryptocurrency surging.
(Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; Modifying by Devika Syamnath)
