Bitcoin Depot, formerly the worldās 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 ā comprising some 9,700 kiosks ā offline, CEO Alex Holmes said in a statement on its website, and will cease operations.
Holmes cited āincreasingly stringent compliance obligations, including new transaction limits, and in some jurisdictions, outright restrictions or bansā on crypto ATMs that have made the companyās business infeasible.
Local and state governments across the United States have tightened restrictions on the machines, which…







