A different kind of ATM is setting up shop in your local convenience store. These machines look like traditional banking kiosks, but they allow customers to buy bitcoin in cash. Bitcoin ATMs, or BTMs, exploded in popularity between 2020 and mid-2022, at the height of the crypto craze. More and more people are using bitcoin ATMs to send money at lightning speed. Watch the video above to learn more about what's driving the BTM boom, why these machines attract crime, and how prosecutors plan to fight back.

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Organizations: ATM Locations: BTMs, U.S, Bitcoin