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West Virginia crypto ATM (bitcoin kiosk) law
Status: Daily limits / fee caps
Since March 14, 2026 (Enr. Com. Sub. HB 5353, Chapter 58, Acts 2026, approved April 1, 2026): kiosk operators need a money transmitter license. New customers (registered 10 days or less) up to $1,000 a day; existing customers up to $10,000 a day. Full refund of a new customer’s fraudulent transactions from the first 10 days if the customer tells the operator and police within 30 days and files a report. Bold fraud warning, receipts and toll-free live support required.
Source: code.wvlegislature.gov (Chapter 58, Acts 2026, in effect from passage March 14, 2026) · checked 2026-10-26
Transaction limits vs. scam rules
| Transaction limits | |
|---|---|
| Daily limit | $10,000/day (existing customers) |
| New-customer limit | $1,000/day (registered 10 days or less) |
| Refund rule | Full refund of fraudulent first-10-day transactions if reported to the operator and police within 30 days |
| Scam rules | |
| Warnings required | Bold fraud warning before transactions, toll-free live support |
| Fee cap | Unknown (not confirmed in an official source) |
| Refund rights | Full refund of fraudulent first-10-day transactions if reported to the operator and police within 30 days |
Source for this table: code.wvlegislature.gov, Chapter 58, Acts 2026, in effect from passage March 14, 2026; checked 2026-10-26. "Unknown" means we couldn't confirm it in the official source, not that no rule exists.
Crypto ATM scam losses in West Virginia
In 2025, people in West Virginia filed 63 complaints with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) involving crypto kiosks, reporting $2,293,341 in losses.
Nationally: 13,460 complaints and $388.98 million in losses.
Source: FBI IC3, Cryptocurrency Kiosk Complaint Data By State (May 15, 2026). IC3 notes these complaints may also include other transaction types, so not all losses are from kiosks alone. Checked 2026-10-22.
New crypto law this month (October 2026)
No new state crypto law found this month (checked 2026-10-22).
Scam warning: no government agency, bank or business will ever ask you to pay with a crypto ATM. If someone does, it's a scam. Report it to local police and the FBI at ic3.gov.
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Not legal advice. Laws change; check the linked source.
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