Bitcoin Depot’s stock rises 12% in stock debut.

Shares of Bitcoin Depot, the world’s largest crypto ATM operator, rose nearly 12% in their Nasdaq debut Monday following a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) GSR II Meteora (GSRM) that was valued at $885 million in August.

Atlanta, Georgia-based Bitcoin Depot, trading under the ticker “BTM,” is the first crypto ATM operator to list on a major U.S. stock market.

It was a wild day of trading in the stock. The shares had risen as high as $6.60 in pre-market trading before pulling back to $3.39 , up 5% from the Friday level shortly after the market opened.

BTM shares closed on Monday at $3.61, an increase of nearly 12% on GSRM’s closing price on Friday.

Crypto ATMs enable users to buy crypto with cash or debit cards and wire the tokens directly to a particular wallet without going through a crypto exchange. However, they have also been used by scam artists , who list goods on sites like eBay or Craigslist with instructions for purchasers to pay by depositing physical currency in an ATM.

Bitcoin Depot operates over 6,000 such machines, representing a 20% market share of ATMs in the U.S. and a 17.6% global share, according to data from Coin ATM Radar .

With the crypto ATM market “highly fragmented,” according to Bitcoin Depot CEO Brandon Mintz, there is a lot of room for consolidation in the sector, on which the firm is now setting its sights.

“There’s a few dozen operators with over 100 bitcoin ATMs in the U.S. alone and there has not been a lot of M&A activity in this space compared to other parts of the crypto and blockchain industry,” Mintz told blockchain in an interview. “Rolling up this highly fragmented market is a really exciting opportunity for us.”

Having installed ATMs at over 2,000 Circle K convenience stores in the last two years, Bitcoin Depot is planning on pursuing similar installation deals with other “household name retailers” as well as some smaller regional chains, Mintz added.

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Edited by Sheldon Reback.

UPDATE (July 3, 17:35 UTC): Adds BTM’s Monday closing price

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