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Cash-to-Bitcoin exchange available at 200 Walmart Coinstar machines

By Virginia Aabram
Published October 22, 2021 5:10pm ET
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Cash-to-Bitcoin exchange available at 200 Walmart Coinstar machines
Hillary Clinton has sought to distance herself from Walmart's Walton family in recent years and has returned donations from the company in the past after they became controversial. (AP Photo) | Tony Gutierrez

Walmart is rolling out a program for customers to exchange cash for Bitcoin at select Coinstar machines in its stores.

The pilot program, which started earlier this month, makes cash-to-Bitcoin transactions available at 200 select Coinstar machines. Coinme, a cryptocurrency payment firm that has been operating Bitcoin ATMs since 2014, operates the transactions via the machines.

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