Bitcoin, Ethereum & More: Bengaluru Gets India’s First Cryptocurrency ATM!

Transact Bitcoins, and Other Cryptocurrency, at India’s First ATM for the World-Famous Virtual Currencies.

“Cryptocurrency is everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about computers”- John Oliver.

Despite being shrouded in relative mystery, and being cracked down upon by the RBI, cryptocurrency is seemingly here to stay. Virtual currency exchange Unocoin has installed a currency deposit and dispensing ATM at Kemp Fort Mall, in Bengaluru, according to a Newsminute report.

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The ATM allows customers to deposit and withdraw a minimum amount of Rs 1000, and transact in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and others. .

This is the first ATM of its kind in India, and it has played a clever card by circumventing RBI regulations.

Cryptocurrencies haven’t been banned outright; it is just that you can’t use them to buy anything. This ATM makes a more indirect crypto purchase possible, by converting coins to Indian currency right there in the mall, without any ties to the Indian banking system.

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Quite a bold move, especially after the declaration by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the budget address earlier in February. Stomping on cryptocurrency and declaring them “not legal tender” Jaitley said, “The government does not recognise cryptocurrency as legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate the use of these crypto-assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payments system,” according to IndiaTimes.

How does the crypto ATM work?

For deposits:

1. To deposit money into the ATM, KYC compliant customers need to enter a User ID and the OTP they will receive as an SMS on their registered mobile numbers.

2. Post that, the user will confirm account details, and deposit the funds into the machine.

3. The user’s Unocoin account will be updated with the deposited funds immediately. And these funds can be used to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, or on Unodax, to place bid orders on 30 different crypto assets.

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