Comment on First Bitcoin ATM arrives in Akron as virtual currency challenges the real thing

It looks like most any other ATM.But the new machine tucked into the back corner of Starz Market across from the University of Akron could be a digital banking revolution in a box.This specialized ATM offers deposits and withdrawals of Bitcoin, the most widely circulated digital currency. It’s one of only a handful of such machines in Ohio and a little more than 200 nation­wide.“The machine arrived Monday or Tuesday and only a couple of people have come in to use it,” Starz Manager Ali Kahook said Saturday, each of his arms working independently from the other to keep pace with a steady line of people buying lottery tickets, cigars, T-shirts and sodas from the East Exchange Street corner store attached to Thursday’s Lounge.