澳洲現在擁有世界上第三多的加密貨幣 ATM

過去兩年，澳洲的加密貨幣 ATM 數量增加了 16 倍。數據顯示，世界上沒有任何地方比澳洲更頻繁地出現機器。

Australia has seen a 16-fold increase in the number of cryptocurrency ATMs in the past two years, with nowhere else in the world seeing the machines popping up more frequently, new data shows.

新數據顯示，過去兩年，澳洲的加密貨幣 ATM 數量增加了 16 倍，世界上沒有其他地方出現這種機器的頻率更高。

More than 1200 of the machines now occupy space across the country, according to a company which tracks and analyses crypto data, Coin ATM Radar.

據追蹤和分析加密數據的公司 Coin ATM Radar 稱，目前全國有 1200 多台機器佔據了空間。

People can put cash into the machines and get crypto to their digital wallet, or sell crypto and get cash out.

人們可以將現金放入機器中並將加密貨幣存入他們的數位錢包，或出售加密貨幣並取出現金。

The machines process a host of the major cryptocurrencies and their spin-offs, including Bitcoin and Lightning BTC, Ether, Ripple and Dogecoin.

這些機器可以處理許多主要的加密貨幣及其衍生產品，包括比特幣和閃電比特幣、以太幣、瑞波幣和狗狗幣。

But the machines are also used by people to launder money, or more accurately deposit money and then hide it behind webs of transactions and using the encrypted nature of crypto.

但這些機器也被人們用來洗錢，或者更準確地說，存錢，然後將其隱藏在交易網路後面，並利用加密貨幣的加密性質。

Australia now has the third most machines in the world, with at least 1261, according to Coin Radar ATM.

根據 Coin Radar ATM 的數據，澳洲現在擁有世界第三多的機器，至少有 1261 台。

The US has more than 35,000, and Canada has the second most with about 3000.

美國有超過 35,000 人，加拿大位居第二，約 3000 人。

But nowhere is being flooded with the machines faster than Australia right now. The boom began about New Year’s in 2023, when barely 200 of the kiosks were in the country.

但目前沒有任何地方比澳洲更快被機器淹沒。熱潮始於 2023 年新年前後，當時全國祇有 200 個售貨亭。

Earlier this month, the chief executive of US-based Bitcoin Depot Inc. told analysts the company had more than 200 of the machines in Australia waiting to be deployed.

本月早些時候，美國 Bitcoin Depot Inc. 執行長告訴分析師，該公司在澳洲有 200 多台機器等待部署。

They were waiting for approval from the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre.

他們正在等待澳洲交易報告和分析中心的批准。

However, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, ANZ and Westpac have all put safeguards on how much crypto can be traded.

然而，聯邦銀行、國民銀行、澳新銀行和西太平洋銀行都對加密貨幣的交易量設定了保障措施。

“Interest in cryptocurrencies has been increasing and we’re seeing a growing number of customers losing funds to cryptocurrency scams,” Commonwealth Bank announced in June 2023.

聯邦銀行於 2023 年 6 月宣布：“人們對加密貨幣的興趣一直在增加，我們看到越來越多的客戶因加密貨幣詐騙而損失資金。”

Australia’s biggest bank now declines or will hold for 24 hours certain payments to cryptocurrency exchanges.

澳洲最大的銀行現在拒絕或將保留 24 小時向加密貨幣交易所支付的某些款項。

“In other types of investment scams, customers think they are investing in particular investment categories other than crypto, however the scammer arranges for the funds to be paid to a cryptocurrency exchange instead,” Commonwealth Bank warns.

聯邦銀行警告說：“在其他類型的投資詐騙中，客戶認為他們投資的是加密貨幣以外的特定投資類別，但詐騙者安排將資金支付給加密貨幣交易所。”