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Brandon Mintz is the CEO of Bitcoin Depot, one of the largest crypto ATM firms in the world. He bought his first bitcoin in 2013, and he says a lot’s changed since then. Brandon Mintz on the World of Bitcoin ATMs At 29 years of age, Mintz wanted to see bitcoin help the “little guys” that were being cut out by the arena of mainstream finance. Right now, the company has grown to include a web of more than 6,000 machines, though he says competition is getting fierce....

An 82-year-old woman in the city of Crawford, Texas has lost $15,000 to crypto scammers. The good news is that she’s gotten her money back, but the incident has sparked a serious feud between the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office and Lux Vending (operating as Bitcoin Depot), the crypto ATM company that served as the medium of transfer for the potentially illicit activity. Bitcoin Depot Says It’s the Victim The sheriff’s office wound up seizing cash from the machine...

CoinspeakerBitcoin ATM Provider Bitcoin Depot Announces Merger Deal Closing, Set to Go Public on Nasdaq The merger, which was first reported in August 2022 and cost around $885 million, was approved by the GSR II Meteora shareholders. It will allow investors buy Bitcoin Depot shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange from today, July 3. Bitcoin ATM Provider Bitcoin Depot Announces Merger Deal Closing, Set to Go Public on Nasdaq

Bitcoin Depot – arguably one of the biggest names in crypto ATMs – has joined hands with a firm called GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp. The partnership enables Bitcoin Depot to become a publicly listed company, thus giving it an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Coinbase, one of the world’s largest and most popular digital currency exchanges. Bitcoin Depot Is Going Public After the maneuver is complete, Bitcoin Depot will instead be known as Bitcoin Depot Inc.,...

The prevalence of underbanked people in the United States is a cause for concern. Currently, eight percent of 115 million households in the United States alone are underbanked or don’t have access to banking services such as checking accounts, savings, loans, or lines of credit. This prevalence is driven largely by high fees, inconvenience, and a distrust of traditional banking systems. While there’s no fast or easy solution to America’s underbanking issue, could cryptocurrency ATMs be the...

It seems like cryptocurrency and bitcoin ATMs are all the rage. Bitcoin ATMs Are Expanding QuicklyBear in mind that people aren’t necessarily at a point where they’re replacing fiat with cryptocurrency altogether, but bitcoin ATMs are serving a huge purpose for those in countries that lack financial infrastructure. In Latin America, for example, where these products seem to garner most of their business, countries such as Venezuela have been bogged down by socialism for years, leaving many...