Delaware’s House Economic Committee advanced House Bill 441 on June 9, a measure that would outright ban the installation, ownership, and operation of cryptocurrency kiosks across the state. If signed into law, existing machines would need to go dark immediately, with physical removal required within 90 days.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Cyndie Romer and Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos, doesn’t just target the machines themselves. It also goes after indirect methods used to facilitate unregulated crypto transactions, including retail point-of-sale transactions, effectively trying to close the kind of loopholes that have made these kiosks such fertile ground for fraud.
A nationwide crackdown gains momentum
Delaware isn’t exactly blazing a trail here. At least 20 states have enacted restrictions on crypto kiosks since 2023, with 13 new laws passed in 2026 alone. Indiana became the first state to implement a full ban back in March 2026, followed by Tennessee and Minnesota.
The transactions are irreversible. The fees are exorbitant, sometimes ranging well above what any reasonable exchange would charge. Older adults have been disproportionately targeted in kiosk-related fraud schemes, where scammers impersonate government officials or tech support agents and direct victims to feed cash into these machines.
