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Olena Onishchenko, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Otago

Crypto ATMs are here to stay despite their scam risks. How should NZ regulate them?

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They’re tucked away in dairies, petrol stations and vape shops from Auckland to Invercargill – and, at first glance, they look like ordinary cash machines.

Rather, they’re cryptocurrency ATMs. Increasingly, they have come to represent one of New Zealand’s trickiest anti-money laundering challenges.

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