Thieves Rip Bitcoin ATM From Cryptocurrency Exchange Store In Barcelona

Spanish police are investigating the theft of a 'bitcoin ATM' in a raid on a cryptocurrency alternate outlet in a rich Barcelona neighbourhood, native media reported on Friday.Bitcoin ATMs enable clients to buy cryptocurrency utilizing money or a debit card, whereas some additionally let customers to alternate their crypto holdings for money.According to information from the Coin ATM radar web site, which tracks the situation of crypto ATMs, Spain has 158 such machines, the best quantity in Europe.Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra police drive mentioned an ATM had been stolen at round 3 a.m. and declined to offer any more info to keep away from hindering the investigation.Citing police sources, EFE information company mentioned thieves took the bitcoin ATM from a store on Beethoven avenue within the Sarria space, house to a department of the GBTC cryptocurrency alternate.GBTC didn't return a number of requests for remark and the police declined to verify the precise location of the theft.An unverified video purporting to indicate the crime confirmed an SUV ramming into the closed shutters of the GBTC storefront earlier than half a dozen or so individuals in hoods carried the money machine right into a second automobile ready on the road.One of the assailants sprayed a hearth extinguisher at onlookers as the 2 vehicles sped off into the evening.