Virtual Currency Kiosks (consumer flyer on Act 557)

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                Arkansas
                                                 800-981-4429
                Securities                       [email protected]
                Department                       securities.arkansas.gov

                   Virtual Currency Kiosks
       Virtual currency kiosks
       (“Kiosks”), commonly referred to
       as Bitcoin Kiosks or “BTMs”, are
       fixed machines that allow users
       to engage in various
       cryptocurrency transactions.
       Act 557 of 2025
       Act 557 of 2025 requires Kiosk
       operators and owners to
       implement measures aimed at
       preventing fraud. Some of those
       measures include:
          Daily Transaction Limits
          Refund Provisions, and
          Communication Practices

           Fraud Refund                       Communication Practices
                                                              A Kiosk operator must speak with an
                                                              elder adult (an individual older than 60
                                                              years of age) who is a new customer
                                                              before the elder adult completes their
                                                              first transaction.

                                                              Kiosk operators must also provide all
                                                              customers the transaction information
                                                              as well as the kiosk operator’s contact
                                                              information for customer support.

         A new customer may cancel
           and receive a refund of a
         fraudulent transaction that
         occurred within 72 hours of          Daily Transaction Limits
             their new customer
                                                              New customers have a
        registration, IF within 14 days
                                                              maximum daily transaction
            of the transaction the
                                                              limit of $2,000.00.
       customer (1) contacts the Kiosk
        operator and (2) files a report
                                                              Existing customers have a
        with a government agency or
                                                              maximum daily transaction
               law enforcement
                                                              limit of $7,500. 00.
          memorializing the fraud.

                                                                       securities.arkansas.gov
For more information contact the Arkansas Securities Department:
                                                                           800-981-4429