Bitcoin ATMs News & Media

Hackers steal $1.5M from General Bytes Bitcoin ATMs

March 21, 2023

Hackers stole $1.5 million from General Bytes Bitcoin ATMs by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in its BATM management platform. They remotely uploaded a…

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Regulators seize Signature Bank, SVP Bank following collapse

March 14, 2023

Signature Bank collapsed earlier this week due to customers withdrawing more than $10 billion in deposits, which was in turn driven by the collapse of Silicon…

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London police raid unregistered crypto ATMs

March 8, 2023

London police and the Financial Conduct Authority recently conducted multiple raids in east London against unregistered cryptocurrency ATMs.

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Coinme crypto exchange adds 22K+ ATMs

March 8, 2023

Coinme, a cryptocurrency cash exchange that offers its services at Coinstar kiosks, has added over 22,000 participating ATMs to its cash network via its…

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Bullet Blockchain delivers bitcoin ATM licensing to TekX Mining

March 7, 2023

Bullet Blockchain Inc., a software-as-a-service company and bitcoin ATM patent owner, has signed a licensing agreement with TekX Mining and Gaming PC Solutions…

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Bitcoin of America CEO arrested for unlicensed bitcoin ATMs

March 3, 2023

Law enforcement officials have arrested Sonny Meraban, CEO of Bitcoin of America, along with his father, Reza Mehraban and attorney William Soriano, on…

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Bitcoin ATMs see more than 400 removals in 2023

March 1, 2023

Bitcoin ATMs have seen a reduction lately, as the net number of the machines dropped by 412. This is a shift from December 2020 to January 2022, when more than…

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Bitcoin Depot converts ATMs to BitAccess software

February 22, 2023

Bitcoin Depot, a bitcoin ATM operator, has converted its 7,000 ATMs to BitAccess Inc.'s bitcoin ATM software. The company acquired a majority equity interest…

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Crypto company Ramp partners with Cable to fight financial crime

February 16, 2023

Ramp, a crypto payments infrastructure company, has partnered with Cable to integrate its financial crime compliance effectiveness testing platform. With this…

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Coin Cloud operator files for bankruptcy

February 15, 2023

Cash Cloud, the operator of Coin Cloud cryptocurrency ATMs, has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of…

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Bitcoin ATMs stay strong despite FTX collapse

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

Despite recent events, such as the collapse of the FTX exchange, bitcoin ATMs remain a strong investment.

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UK takes aim at unregistered crypto ATMs

February 14, 2023

The Financial Conduct Authority of the U.K. is beginning to target unregistered cryptocurrency ATMs and has gone after sites in Leeds city that allegedly hold…

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Crypto payments platform Wirex partners with Visa

February 14, 2023

Wirex, a crypto payments platform, has partnered with Visa to issue crypto-backed debit and prepaid cards to more than 40 countries in Asia-Pacific, U.K. and…

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Bank Customer Experience Summit to join forces with ICX Summit in 2023

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

2023 will be a big year for the Bank Customer Experience Summit, which gathers bankers, self-service vendors and fintechs to network and discuss banking…

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Bitstop shakes up bitcoin ATM space with Genesis Coin acquisition

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

The ATM industry is no stranger to high profile acquisitions and the bitcoin side of the industry has joined the trend. Bitstop, a bitcoin ATM provider, has…

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Bitstop founders buy world's largest bitcoin ATM software provider

January 24, 2023

Andrew Barnard and Doug Carrillo, co-founders of Bitstop, have purchased Genesis Coin Inc., the largest bitcoin ATM software platform. Bitstop and Genesis Coin…

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NFTs hit the mainstream

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Cryptocurrency has taken a big hit of late with the bankruptcy of the FTX crypto exchange, but one crypto entrepreneur that has brought crypto to the vending…

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Bitcoin ATM growth slowed in 2022

January 10, 2023

While Bitcoin ATMs continue to grow worldwide, growth slowed in the later part of 2022. In fact, only 94 were installed from July to December 2022, compared to…

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Metropolitan Bank bails on crypto

January 10, 2023

Metropolitan Commercial Bank will cease its cryptocurrency services due to "recent developments" in the industry. The bank is one of the few to directly offer…

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Looking back: Top blogs of 2022

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

In 2022 ATM Marketplace hosted a vast array of blogs that examined every aspect of the industry, from the advantage of cash to advances in biometrics.

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