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February 19, 2014 01:13 am GMT

First U.S. Bitcoin Vending Machine Installed in New Mexico Cigar Shop

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Albuquerque, N.M. — not tech-obsessed San Francisco or New York — has claimed the title of first city to install an operational Bitcoin vending machine in the U.S

The machine is up and running, as of Tuesday, at a cigar shop called Imbibe near the University of New Mexico, according to an announcement by Lamassu, the machine's manufacturer. The vending machine allows people to insert cash — in exchange, it gives a digital stash of the increasingly popular cryptocurrency

See also: A Complete, Interactive History of Bitcoin

First operational #bitcoin ATM in USA!! Imbibe Nob Hill in ABQ. Congrats @LamassuBTC @JuanLlanos @msantoriESQ pic.twitter.com/uXUGwfchoV

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