Although the country’s official stance on the ឧស្សាហកម្ម cryptocurrency is still unknown, and a bill is yet to be drafted to គ្រប់គ្រង it, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina has recently received its first crypto ATM where individuals can purchase and sell Bitcoin (BTC អ).
As it happens, Sarajevo has gotten its first Bitcoin ATM installed in the city’s center, while the country’s cryptocurrency holders and other interested parties are still waiting for the related legislation, according to the របាយការណ៍ published by the local media outlet RadioSarajevo នៅថ្ងៃទី ១៥ ខែកុម្ភៈ។
Crypto regulation woes
Indeed, Bosnian legislators have been dragging their feet around introducing a crypto bill, the drafting of which has been បានសន្យា over two years ago, as domestic ពាណិជ្ជករគ្រីប និង អ្នករករ៉ែ Bitcoin are facing severe challenges in carrying out their activities, including withdrawing their money from ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរអ៊ីនគ្រីប.
According to the position of the Banking Agency of the country’s entity of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time:
“Crypto use and operations are not regulated by the current legislation in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The issue of using digital money and cryptocurrencies presents a particular challenge in other regulated ប្រព័ន្ធហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ, except in cases when central banks issue cryptocurrencies.”
In the meantime, crypto users in Sarajevo can utilize the recently installed ATM to buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum (សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ETH) Litecoin (LTC) និងថេល (USDT). This ATM has become the third device of its kind to be installed in the country, the other two already present in the cities of Banja Luka and Gradiska, according to the latest ទិន្នន័យ ទាញយកពី ម៉ាស៊ីនដកប្រាក់របស់ម៉ាស៊ីន ATM នៅថ្ងៃទី ១៥ ខែកុម្ភៈ។
The Sarajevo ATM was installed by the Polish company Shitcoins.club, which had earlier placed the Bitcoin ATM in Banja Luka. As for the one in Gradiška, it was introduced by the crypto ATM manufacturer General Bytes based in Prague, Czech Republic.
Global crypto ATM market
Meanwhile, more than ម៉ាស៊ីនអេធីអឹមស៊ីឌីចំនួន ១,៨០០ were installed in 2022, despite the overall bearish markets dominating the year, as their number stood at 38,405 as of February 8, 2023, as per the ម៉ាស៊ីនដកប្រាក់របស់ម៉ាស៊ីន ATM historical chart.
At the same time, the global crypto ATM market size is expected to grow in the coming years, as a study indicated that it is set to expand 61.7% by 2030, projecting it to hit a valuation of $5.45 billion, as Finbold រាយការណ៍ នៅខែធ្នូ 7, 2022 ។
Source: https://finbold.com/capital-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina-gets-its-first-bitcoin-atm-despite-lack-of-regulation/