{"id":561855,"date":"2026-02-27T17:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/minnesota-to-weigh-ban-on-crypto-kiosks-after-scam-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:53:57","slug":"minnesota-to-weigh-ban-on-crypto-kiosks-after-scam-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/minnesota-to-weigh-ban-on-crypto-kiosks-after-scam-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota to weigh ban on crypto kiosks after scam reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Minnesota<\/p>\n

Representative Erin Koegel proposed a total ban on crypto ATMs in Minnesota, building on a 2024 state law that imposed restrictions on kiosk operators.<\/p>\n

A Minnesota lawmaker has introduced a bill that could ban virtual currency kiosks across the state after reports of incidents involving crypto-related scams.<\/p>\n

In a Thursday session of the Minnesota House of Representatives Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, Representative Erin Koegel said<\/a> the bill, House File 3642, would address the \u201cnovel\u201d and \u201cminimally regulated\u201d technology of crypto kiosks.<\/p>\n

Koegel said she had heard from state law enforcement agencies that many scammers used the kiosks to trick residents into sending crypto, while legitimate traders tended to use centralized exchanges.<\/p>\n

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Representative Erin Koegel proposed a total ban on crypto ATMs in Minnesota, building on a 2024 state law that imposed restrictions on kiosk operators. A Minnesota lawmaker has introduced a bill that could ban virtual currency kiosks across the state after reports of incidents involving crypto-related scams. In a Thursday session of the Minnesota House […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":561856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-561855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}