The FBI just dropped a sobering stat: Americans lost $333.5 million to Bitcoin ATM scams in 2025 alone. That’s nearly triple the $114 million lost in 2023. The victims? Mostly seniors with a median ...

Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it's become a middleman's dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, Americans lost more than $330 million to bitcoin ATM scams, according to FBI data, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June 2024, when Fran Bates entered a Fort Worth-area gas station, she thought the voice on the other end of the phone was from ...

Cryptocurrency ATM scams are rapidly escalating, with the FTC reporting a 1,000% increase in losses between 2020 and 2023, and $388 million lost in 2025 alone. Scammers exploit these ATMs for their ...

Brian Schwalb, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, recently filed a lawsuit against Athena Bitcoin Inc, a company that operates more than 4,000 Bitcoin ATMs across the country. The lawsuit ...

To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo Cryptocurrency ATM machines are a magnet for scammers who dupe unwitting victims into sending ...

Bitcoin Depot, a Sandy Springs-based company with cryptocurrency ATMs scattered across North America, filed for bankruptcy protection this week as it faced scrutiny from states over allegations its ...

Q4 2025 Management View CEO Christopher Buchanan reported that "2025 was a strong year for Bitcoin Depot with growth across the majority of our key operating and financial metrics and meaningful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then comes the hook: rush to the nearest Bitcoin ATM with cash. The machines, designed for legitimate crypto purchases, become ...

The voice belonged to a scammer, and experts believe the call was likely made from overseas. The machine was a bitcoin ATM kiosk-- one of more than 45,000 across the country. And on that summer day in ...