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Bitcoin Depot, the world’s largest cryptocurrency ATM operator, has filed for bankruptcy, and all 9,700 of its machines have been taken offline. Original

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By Ben Dooley 
| techflowpost.com
By Ben Dooley Translated by TechFlow TechFlow Intro: Cryptocurrency ATMs—once ubiquitous across convenience stores nationwide—are collectively exiting the U.S. market under mounting regulatory pressure. Bitcoin Depot, the world’s largest crypto ATM operator, filed for bankruptcy protection on May 18, halting operations of its approximately 9,700 machines. The immediate trigger was a wave of state-level restrictions—including transaction limits, license suspensions, and anti-fraud lawsuits.
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Crypto ATM operator Bitcoin Depot files for bankruptcy

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By Ben Dooley 
| The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Bitcoin Depot, formerly the world’s largest operator of cryptocurrency ATMs, filed for bankruptcy Sunday, in the latest blow to an industry that has been plagued by allegations of facilitating hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud annually. The company has taken its network — comprising some 9,700 kiosks — offline, CEO Alex Holmes said in a statement on its website, and will cease operations.
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Arizona gun shop owner is first to face terrorism-related charges after allegedly selling high-caliber weapons bound for Mexican cartels

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By Ben Dooley 
| The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Federal prosecutors have charged an Arizona gun dealer with attempting to provide material support to terrorists, signaling a new approach to slowing the deluge of weapons flowing across the border into Mexico. The indictment, filed in March, revolves around the sale of several high caliber firearms to an undercover agent who posed as a gun runner for a Mexican drug cartel.
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