Coinme

Sells crypto for cash at Coinstar kiosks (more than 6,000, by its own count) and shop counters, and for a debit card in its app, into a Coinme wallet whose keys it holds. In 2023 the SEC settled charges that Coinme, a subsidiary and its CEO sold the UpToken in 2017 in an unregistered securities offering; Coinme agreed to pay a $250,000 penalty without admitting or denying the findings. In 2025 California's financial regulator fined it $300,000, $51,700 of it paid back to consumers, for over-limit cash transactions and incomplete receipts; in 2026 it ordered about $174,900 in refunds of fees above the state's cap.

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The listing at a glance

  • They hold the keysCoins you leave with Coinme are held by Coinme, not by you.
  • coinme.comThe address our listing links to.
  • No commercial linkWe earn nothing if you sign up.
  • Founded 2014Seattle, United States
  • Updated 16 Oct 2026The last time we edited this listing.

What Coinme is

Coinme is a licensed cryptocurrency exchange operating since 2014 that lets customers buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies using cash or a debit card across 48 US states. Crypto can be purchased with cash at retail checkout counters, Coinstar kiosks, or ATMs, or bought and sold instantly in the Coinme app using a debit card, with funds delivered to a Coinme wallet.

Coinme is registered with FinCEN as a money transmitter and requires identity verification to open an account. The platform supports 11 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, and states it uses cold storage for the majority of assets along with multi-factor authentication and security monitoring. Coinme is not available in New York or Vermont.

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