Aena just granted a license to BitBase through which it can be installed by the first cryptocurrency ATMs located in Spanish airports. Total, there will be four spaces that will be leased to BitBase to host these ATMs. One at the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport, another at Ibiza and two at Palma de Mallorca.
Although a specific date has not yet been set, it has been announced that these digital currency dispensers will start operating soon.
🚀🚀Proud to announce that AENA has granted us the licenses to install the first cryptocurrency ATMs throughout the Spanish territory🔥🔥Are you ready to see us at the airports?🙌 WE’RE HERE!🙌
— BitBase (@BitBase_es)
BitBase is the company that manages the most cryptocurrency ATMs in Spain and the third in Europe
Thanks to the closing of this operation, BitBase continues to consolidate itself as the company with the largest number of cryptocurrency ATMs in our country. Currently of the 217 in Spain, BitBase manages 93 (42.9% of the total). Number that will rise to 97 as soon as these dispensers start working. For its part, its biggest competitor, Shitcoins, has 40 ATMs in Spain, which represents 18.4% of the total share.
In addition to this privileged position in our country, the startup has conquered Europe, by managing to position itself as the third company with the most cryptocurrency ATMs in the old continent. Likewise, BitBase also operates in Lisbon and Paraguay, and is immersed in a expansion process whose next stop is Venezuela.
Spain, among the countries with the most cryptocurrency ATMs in the world
According to the website, there are currently 38,901 cryptocurrency ATMs installed worldwide. The vast majority of these are in USA (34,210) and in Canada (2,448). However, in third position is Spain with their 217 ATMs, a figure that is about to increase thanks to the agreement between Aena and BitBase.
The majority of Spaniards claim to know cryptocurrencies although their use is still infrequent
The latest report prepared by the analyzes how we Spaniards consume cryptocurrencies and sheds light on the current situation of this type of digital asset. This reflects that 75% of Spaniards have heard or know to some degree what a cryptocurrency is. However, if we dig a little deeper into this degree of knowledge, only 8.3% of those surveyed have knowledge high or mediumwhile 22.2% understand basic fundamentals and 45.3% have simply heard or read some news on the subject.
As for the main channels through which Spaniards receive information about cryptocurrencies, these are: the general media, family or friends and . Likewise, more than a third of the people who know about cryptocurrencies do not have an opinion about certain aspects of them.
Profile of the average investor: man in his 40s from upper-middle or upper class
Just 6.8% of those interviewed claim to have invested in cryptocurrencies at some time in his life, a figure that although it may seem low, it is not surprising since this is not yet a settled fact in our country.
Most investors have university studies, make greater use of technology, work for others, belong to an upper-middle and upper class stratum and their monthly income exceeds €3,000. When segmenting by gender, a gap between the number of men (66%) and women (34%) who invest. For its part, the average age is 38.7 years, with the most active age groups in terms of investment being those between 35 and 44 (35.7%) and between 22 and 34 (27.7%). And, when segmenting geographically, we find that investors reside mainly in Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia and Valencia.
For their part, among the investors, 41.3% invested in the past, 26% invest if they are available, 23.7% if there are falls in value and 9% invest regularly. As for the average amount allocated to these investments, this does not usually represent more than 5% of the capital of the average investor.
Measures like the one they are about to carry out Aena and BitBase will contribute to introducing these assets even further into society, expanding the points where citizens can manage their cryptocurrencies. For now, we will have to wait to find out the results of this reception and how the panorama of cryptocurrencies will change in the face of the next CNMV report.
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