BITCOIN BANCORP SNAPS UP THOUSANDS OF DEFUNCT BITCOIN DEPOT ATMS FOR $620,000

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Bitcoin Bancorp (BCBC), a micro-cap trading at $0.04 on OTC Markets with an $18.5 million market cap, won a bankruptcy auction for 2,547 Bitcoin Depot kiosks plus the BitcoinDepot.com domain and related IP for $731,250 combined, a fraction of the $26 million book value Bitcoin Depot assigned to its kiosk fleet in Q4 2025. Bitcoin Depot, which listed on Nasdaq at a roughly $400 million valuation, filed Chapter 11 in May after Q1 revenue fell 49% year-over-year and the company swung from a $12.2 million profit to a $9.5 million loss. The CEO attributed the failure to tightening compliance obligations and transaction limits. Crypto ATM fraud separately reached $389 million in 2025, up 58% year-over-year, prompting the UK, Australia, and Canada to impose restrictions or bans on operators.