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Re:El Salvador expected to default as Bitcoin plummets by VWWHFSfQ on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @10:09AM (#31340166)
40,000 is a microscopic number and 95% of them are in USA and Canada.

The countries that could make most use of these crypto ATMs have no access to them.

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Re:El Salvador expected to default as Bitcoin plummets by neonihil on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @10:24AM (#31340395)
El Salvador has more than 2000 of them. If people want to cash out BTC, they can. No network access or exchange needed.

https://coinatmradar.com/country/64/bitcoin-atm-el-salvador/

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Re:El Salvador expected to default as Bitcoin plummets by otterley on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @10:34AM (#31340542)
How much do they charge for this service? How quickly do they perform the transaction vs. a typical ATM?
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Re:El Salvador expected to default as Bitcoin plummets by andrewshadura on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:04AM (#31341022)
A lot! I tried them a couple of times just for fun, the exchange rates were horrible.
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