Australia Considers Crackdown on Crypto ATMs With New Powers

Australia’s national financial intelligence agency would receive powers to restrict or ban crypto ATMs under new draft legislation in the works from the country’s minister for cybersecurity and home affairs, Tony Burke.

Burke said during a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday that the draft legislation will give the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) the ability to restrict or prohibit “high-risk products,” which include crypto ATMs. 

While regular bank-run ATMs are also used for scams and illegal activities,…