Canada is proposing to ban crypto automated teller machines (ATMs) nationwide as incidents of fraud and money laundering rise across the country. 

Citing growing evidence that the ATMs have become a tool for crypto scammers, Canada’s Liberal government in Ottawa is proposing to eliminate the crypto machines. 

The government of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney describes the machines as a “primary method” for defrauding victims and laundering money.

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