Germany cracks down on Bitcoin ATM regulations

September 14, 2020

Blockchain regulation in Germany continues to increase, and now Bitcoin ATMs require regulatory approval before they are allowed to operate, according to a…

Three reasons why retail consumers use Bitcoin

by Marc Grens — Founder & President, Digital Mint

Bitcoin has been a part of the financial marketplace for some time and has grown in popularity, especially amongst millennials and the unbanked. Marc Gren…

Bitcoin ATM thieves stole $30K, apprehended by Hong Kong authorities

August 17, 2020

Three men have been taken into custody in Hong Kong for allegedly stealing $226,000 (U.S. $30,000) in Hong Kong dollars from six Bitcoin ATMs. The cash was…

Germany orders all unauthorized bitcoin ATMs to cease operation

August 10, 2020

A crackdown on all unauthorized and unlicensed bitcoin ATMs is underway by Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin, the agency responsible…

'Superman29’ pleads guilty to laundering millions using bitcoin ATMs

July 23, 2020

Kais Mohammad, aka "Superman29," will plead guilty to federal charges of money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and failure to…

DigitalMint teams with financial services provider on bitcoin POS

July 21, 2020

DigitalMint, a bitcoin point-of-sale provider, has teamed with Answers Etc., a financial services software provider, according to a press release. By…

Bitcoin ATMs: Making a social impact on the unbanked and underbanked

by Daniel Polotsky

Daniel Polotsky, CEO and Co-Founder of CoinFlip, shares his thoughts on Bitcoin ATMs and their importance, especially in regards to the unbanked and…

DigitalMint partners with E Money Commerce to expand Bitcoin ATMs

June 23, 2020

As part of the initial launch of a partnership, E Money will deploy 10 Bitcoin ATMs at convenience stores throughout central and southern Illinois, including…

Bitcoin ATMs hit 8,200 worldwide

June 18, 2020

The number of Bitcoin ATMs worldwide jumped in the past three months, to more than 8,200, per a monitoring report in CoinATMRadar, after passing the 7,000 mark…

First crypto prepaid Mastercard launched in US

June 12, 2020

BitPay, a global blockchain payments provider, has introduced the first Mastercard prepaid card for crypto users in the United States. The card enables…

CoinFlip launches low-minimum cryptocurrency OTC trading

May 13, 2020

CoinFlip, a Chicago-based Bitcoin ATM provider, has announced the launch of its personalized cryptocurrency concierge service, CoinFlip Preferred, according to…

Crypto prepaid card lets users withdraw $2500 daily

April 8, 2020

Embily, a crypto company, has released a prepaid card that gives customers the ability to use the card anywhere that Mastercard is accepted.

Social distancing gets help from Bitcoin Depot

April 6, 2020

Despite a constant barrage of media telling people across the country to practice social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are those people who…

Robinhood suffers new outage amid market rout

March 9, 2020

Robinhood suffered its second major outage in a week, as the mobile stock trading app stopped working Monday amid a historic market selloff where the S&P…

Why Bitcoin ATMs represent the future of cryptocurrency

The rising interest in cryptocurrency has led to a fast growing self-service market for Bitcoin ATMs, which allows individual consumers to access the currency…

Bitcoin Depot grows deployment to 500 ATMs nationwide

February 6, 2020

Bitcoin Depot, a multi-currency cryptocurrency ATM network, announced an expansion to 500 ATMs worldwide, making it the largest blockchain ATM network across…

Japanese lawmakers to propose digital currency

January 24, 2020

Japanese lawmakers are mulling over a plan to launch a digital version of the yen, amid concerns over China's plans for a digital yuan and the impact of…

Vodafone pulls out of Facebook-backed Libra Association to focus on M-Pesa

January 22, 2020

Vodafone Group, a U.K.-based telecommunications conglomerate, became the latest company to pull out of Libra, the Facebook backed digital currency project. 

Central banks form group to explore digital currencies

January 21, 2020

A group of central banks, including the Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National…

Tokenized mobile payment revenue to reach $17B

January 20, 2020

Annual revenue from tokenized mobile payments will more than double from $17 billion in 2019 to $40 billion by 2024, according to a new report from Juniper…