The number of Bitcoin ATMs has been rising steadily in the past few months, with nearly 9,000 Bitcoin ATMs being counted around the world.

The United States of America ranks first in terms of Bitcoin ATM penetration, closely followed by Canada and the United Kingdom.

9,000 Bitcoin ATMs:

There are currently 8,947 Bitcoin ATMs and more than 210,000 cryptocurrency buying and selling points across 71 countries without ATMs, according to the website. coinatmradar.

Last Monday, the same source revealed that the number of ATMs increased from 8,490 to 8,919, while there were 544 new Bitcoin ATMs, of which 115 were closed during the last period, leaving a net growth of 429 machines.

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The United States continues to lead the number of Bitcoin Automated Teller Machines (BTMs).

At the time of writing this article, there are 6,879 cryptocurrency ATMs in the US, most of which are located in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta.

Canada comes in second with 816 Bitcoin ATMs, most of which are located in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

According to Coinatmradar, other countries with more than 50 Bitcoin ATMs include the United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Italy.

There are currently 43 Bitcoin ATM producers and 554 Bitcoin ATM operators.

The company that made the most Bitcoin ATMs is Genesis Coin, which issued 3,101 machines at the end of July.

The second largest cryptocurrency ATM manufacturer is General Bytes, which produced 2,661 machines, 103 of which were added in July.

Coinsource also produced 56 Bitcoin ATMs last month.

As for the companies that operate Bitcoin ATMs, it is Bitcoin Depot, which operates 791 machines, 46 of which were added in July. The second largest operator is Rockitcoin, which operates 436 machines.

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Back in June, Bitcoin ATMs faced a US government crackdown in which $25 million was confiscated and 17 machines seized in California, with the then-Justice Department saying the owner was running the operation without complying with appropriate anti-money laundering requirements.

According to blockchain analytics firm Ciphertrace, 88% of Bitcoin sent from ATMs to exchanges in 2019 was from the USA.

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