Sao Paulo, BrazilLatin America got its first bitcoin ATM this week, thanks to MercadoBitcoin in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
AustraliaMaybe they call it ‘The Lucky Country’ thanks to its regular supply of ‘first‘ bitcoin ATMs. In any case, Australia got lucky again this week with a Robocoin machine. One user said:“You have to scan your hand a couple of times, and your ID, but it’s like when you go to a pub these days, and you’ve got to scan your ID”.Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaPicturesque Halifax, on Canada’s Atlantic coast, received Atlantic Canada’s first bitcoin ATM this week at Durty Nelly’s Irish Pub on Argyle Street.Speaking of Canada, a company called BitSent promoted its Lamassu machines in Toronto this week at the BitcoinExpo 2014 convention with a competition called #bitselfie. Convention partygoers posed with the machines and posted the results on Twitter, like this one:Let me take a #selfie! Check out the #Bitsent booth @BitcoinExpoCA. Tweet a #bitselfie with our AVM @BitSent for your chance to win big!–BitSent (@bitsent) 11th April 2014#bitselfie with Lovely cutting edge $5k! @BitSent ATM @BitcoinExpoCA#bitcoinexpo#bitsentpic.twitter.com/ALkpz3P4Q9– Juan Galt (@ElJuanGalt) 14th April 2014China ATM images courtesy KapronasiaATMsChinaOriginal author: Jon Southurst