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- 8 years ago the world’s first Bitcoin ATM launched in a downtown Vancouver coffee shop. Here’s the inside story of how it happened.
8 years ago the world’s first Bitcoin ATM launched in a downtown Vancouver coffee shop. Here’s the inside story of how it happened.
We chatted with Mitchell Demeter, now president of Netcoins, about how he brought the ATM to Vancouver.

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