The FCC Collected $6,790. Then They Came for Bitcoin ATMs. | Paul Tarantino | Ep 272
The Bitcoin Matrix
Fraud, VoIP Fines, and the Bitcoin ATM Attack
Paul outlines FCC fines, low collection rates, and legislators targeting Bitcoin ATMs as scapegoats, framing the episode's central conflict.
Paul Tarantino is the CEO of Byte Federal, one of the largest Bitcoin ATM networks in the country. Eighteen months ago on this show he told us Bitcoin wins by default. That Bitcoin is the last currency standing. That AI-generated fraud would break the credit-based payment system.
He was right on all three.
Now legislators across the country are coming for Bitcoin ATMs and framing it as consumer protection. Paul has spent three years building the most comprehensive data-driven defense of this industry anyone has produced. He's here to show you what's actually going on.
If you use a Bitcoin ATM — or know someone who does — this is the conversation to send them.
We discuss:
- Why the FCC has collected $6,790 of $208 million in VoIP fraud fines — and why Bitcoin ATMs are being scapegoated\
- The regulatory asymmetry nobody is talking about — 98.8% of ATM transactions are legitimate\
- Why banning Bitcoin ATMs is a wealth transfer from the 24.6 million unbanked Americans who use them\
- The exit door Wall Street is trying to close before you walk through it
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