Swiss rail service to sell Bitcoin at ticket machines


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 01 Nov 2016

GENEVA, Switzerland: Switzerland's national rail service (SBB) said it was set to launch a new service selling the digital currency Bitcoin at all ticket machines across the country. 

The SBB said it had been testing customer demand for Bitcoin across the wealthy Alpine federation and decided to launch a two-year pilot project beginning on Nov 11. 

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