Hawaii will officially become the fourth American state to completely ban cryptocurrency kiosks and ATMs on its territory after the governor signed the relevant law. The state House of Representatives passed bill No. 1642 back in May of this year, and Governor Josh Green finally approved this document in July. The new law prohibits the ownership, operation or management of any kiosk for transactions with digital financial assets that accepts American dollars from customers in exchange for cryptocurrency. In the text of the bill, lawmakers referred to official data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crimes Complaints Center. This agency reported in April that American citizens lost more than eleven billion dollars due to fraud related to digital assets in 2000.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation additionally noted that it registered eight hundred and twenty-six separate complaints from Hawaii residents about crypto fraud last year. The total financial losses of the state from various operations with digital assets, including ATMs and specialized kiosks, amounted to about eighty million dollars. The adopted Hawaii law completely repeats similar rules that were previously introduced by the states of Minnesota, Tennessee and Indiana. These regions began to enforce a total ban on cryptocurrency kiosks in August, July and March, respectively. The legislatures of other American states have also proposed similar bans, but they have not yet been signed by the governors. Such regions include Delaware and New Jersey, while South Dakota and Wyoming have passed laws with strict restrictions on the activities of crypto ATMs.

According to the specialized service CoinATMRadar, fifty-seven cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks were operating on the four largest islands of Hawaii as of 08/12/2026. The operators of this equipment must completely shut down their devices by the first of October this year. Otherwise, kiosk owners will face serious financial fines and other administrative sanctions from the authorities.