{"id":674487,"date":"2026-10-22T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=857787"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:00:22","slug":"albuquerque-bitcoin-crypto-atm-ban-takes-effect-with-500-daily-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/albuquerque-bitcoin-crypto-atm-ban-takes-effect-with-500-daily-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Albuquerque Bitcoin, Crypto ATM Ban Takes Effect With $500 Daily Fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/crypto-atm-law-takes-effect-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"crypto atm law takes effect\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Albuquerque&#8217;s ban on crypto ATMs and cashier-facilitated cryptocurrency transactions has taken effect, exposing noncompliant businesses to financial penalties and possible closure. Officials are targeting cash conversion services used in scams that can leave victims unable to recover their money. Crypto ATM Shutdown Begins Across Albuquerque Businesses operating or hosting cryptocurrency ATMs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albuquerque&#8217;s ban on crypto ATMs and cashier-facilitated cryptocurrency transactions has taken effect, exposing noncompliant businesses to financial penalties and possible closure. Officials are targeting cash conversion services used in scams that can leave victims unable to recover their money. Crypto ATM Shutdown Begins Across Albuquerque Businesses operating or hosting cryptocurrency ATMs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":674488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-674487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674487","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=674487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}