The largest retailer in the United States, Wal-Mart, announced on Thursday that it has launched a pilot project that allows shoppers to buy Bitcoin at Coinstar kiosks in some of its US stores. Wal-Mart spokesperson Molly Blakeman said that the project in cooperation with Coinstar was launched earlier this month. The pilot project includes 200 Coinstar kiosks in Wal-Mart stores.
This is part of Coinstar’s broader plan, which has partnered with a cryptocurrency cash exchange called Coinme to provide bitcoin exchange services at more than 8,000 kiosks. Last month, there was news that Wal-Mart would accept Litecoin as payment, but it was quickly denied by the company. Although the news is false, Walmart is indeed evaluating the future of cryptocurrency in its business.
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In August of this year, the company posted a job advertisement to recruit a position to be responsible for formulating a digital currency strategy and product roadmap and at the same time determining cryptocurrency-related investments and partnerships.