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02/15/2024
Bitcoin Depot CEO weighs in on new California law
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Bitcoin Depot CEO Brandon Mintz contends a new California law will “create economic challenges” for his company and other crypto ATM operators.
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- Bitcoin Depot CEO Brandon Mintz believes a new California law will “create economic challenges” for his company and other cryptocurrency ATM operators, he said in a Monday interview. The new law is aimed at addressing scams involving cryptocurrency ATMs, machines that convert cash into digital currency.
- The new law, signed last month by Gov. Gavin Newsom, limits the daily amount of money that can be accepted or dispensed by a machine to $1,000 per day. It also limits the fees an operator can charge at 15% of the transaction’s value.
- Mintz did not believe those limits would protect consumers. Instead, he argued that another bill signed into law last month “will actually be the one more focused on preventing scams and fraud because that bill is going to require a license for various types of crypto companies, including ourselves.”
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