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Board Legal
Re: Bitcoin ATMs Effectively Banned in Maine
by
Bitcoins101
on 10/08/2025, 06:02:32 UTC
If they wanted to protect people from BTC ATM/virtual currency kiosks scams, then they would have done it differently and not in this way. What they have done in this case is ban BTM's in the state and force operators to move elsewhere. There is no way a BTM company can operate with this new law, a fee of $5 or 3% is just ridiculous and no operator can run their service on that.

I wonder how people even fall for this BTM scams, how can you receive a call to withdraw funds from your bank account and go deposit it into a specific BTM. Sounds crazy to me and i don't think anyone should be falling for this.

If scam victims are withdrawing money from a bank to deposit into a Bitcoin ATM, perhaps more scrutiny should be placed on the bank for allowing the withdrawal. Likewise, phone companies should face greater scrutiny for allowing these scam calls through. Singling out Bitcoin ATMs is wrong.