Tennessee police remove bitcoin ATMs after state ban
Murfeesboro police followed a statewide ban on bitcoin ATMs enacted last month by visiting 30 businesses that operated cryptocurrency kiosks to ensure they were no longer in use. Most operators complied and some machines were unplugged and waiting pickup. Police said reports of kiosk-enabled scams fell from near-daily to only a few trickling in, though scammers are shifting to apps. In six months local victims lost about $4.1 million, while the FBI reported more than $140 million in statewide cryptocurrency losses; Indiana also bans bitcoin ATMs.
Removal of bitcoin ATMs coincided with fewer local crypto scams
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The state banned bitcoin ATMs last month. Murfreesboro police then visited 30 businesses…
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