Poșta Română, Romania's national postal service, installs the first Bitcoin ATM, a move indicating increasing acceptance, although global ownership rate is only 4%.
Poșta Română, Romania's national postal service, has officially entered the digital asset field by installing the first Bitcoin ATM at a branch in Tulcea city. This move, implemented through a strategic partnership with the local Bitcoin Romania exchange (BTR), is part of a plan to modernize infrastructure and expand financial services.
Poșta Română also announced that it will soon deploy additional Bitcoin ATMs in several other cities, confirming that this is not merely an experiment but a serious commitment to the market.
A state organization like Poșta Română deploying a Bitcoin ATM has a highly symbolic significance, showing that cryptocurrency acceptance is spreading from individual communities to the public sector. This move meets the increasing demand for digital assets while leveraging technology to improve financial service accessibility in limited areas.
Romania's decision reflects a growing global trend of accepting and mainstreaming Bitcoin. The number of individual investors, businesses accepting Bitcoin payments, and corporations using BTC as a strategic reserve asset is increasingly growing.
Data from Binance in January showed that the number of Bitcoin wallets with a value over $100 increased by 25% compared to the same period last year, reaching nearly 30 million wallets.
However, despite these significant developments, the global Bitcoin market is still in its early stages. According to the Q1/2025 report by Bitcoin River financial services company, the global population's BTC ownership rate is only around 4%. Even in the United States, one of the most developed markets, this rate is only around 14%.
According to River's prediction, Bitcoin's potential market size remains very large. If Bitcoin captures 50% of the global value storage market, including cash, stocks, real estate, and precious metals, its market size could reach $225 trillion. Compared to its current market capitalization of just over $2 trillion, it's clear that the journey to integrate Bitcoin into the mainstream financial flow has only just begun.
