{"id":641158,"date":"2026-08-10T04:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/australia-orders-cryptolink-bitcoin-atms-offline-over-basic-reporting-failures\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:52:45","slug":"australia-orders-cryptolink-bitcoin-atms-offline-over-basic-reporting-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/australia-orders-cryptolink-bitcoin-atms-offline-over-basic-reporting-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia orders Cryptolink Bitcoin ATMs offline over \u2018basic reporting\u2019 failures"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Australia<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s financial watchdog has suspended Cryptolink\u2019s registration for three months, adding to a crackdown that previously saw the Bitcoin ATM operator fined $56,340.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s anti-money laundering watchdog has suspended the operation of Cryptolink\u2019s Bitcoin ATMs for three months, citing \u201congoing concerns\u201d about its compliance with anti-money laundering obligations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Australia has the highest<\/span><\/a> number of crypto ATMs of all countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Australian authorities have been cracking down on the criminal use of crypto ATMs<\/span><\/a> since at least late 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas said<\/span><\/a> Monday the company\u2019s Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration has been suspended for three months starting Sunday, meaning its crypto ATMs will not be allowed to operate during that time. <\/p>\n

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Australia\u2019s financial watchdog has suspended Cryptolink\u2019s registration for three months, adding to a crackdown that previously saw the Bitcoin ATM operator fined $56,340. Australia\u2019s anti-money laundering watchdog has suspended the operation of Cryptolink\u2019s Bitcoin ATMs for three months, citing \u201congoing concerns\u201d about its compliance with anti-money laundering obligations.\u00a0 Australia has the highest number of crypto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":641159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-641158","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\/641158","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=641158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}