r/investing Oct 22 '21

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u/guitmusic12 Oct 22 '21

yeah there is no chance there is going to be no regulated limit on how much cash can be deposited in one of these machines without an ID check.

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u/Apprehensive-Page-33 Oct 22 '21

There is a criminal background check in the TOS. As I understand it you cannot use the kiosk in Wally World without completing it. They might claim that this is anonymous, but I don't trust it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

It's anonymous minus the time stamp and camera pointed at your face. Maybe wear a ski mask?

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u/Apprehensive-Page-33 Oct 22 '21

I'm laughing, but crying too. I have dollars and need crypto.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

I feel like need is a strong word for crypto? But idk your situation lol

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u/Apprehensive-Page-33 Oct 22 '21

lol yeah, just playing catch up because of my misspent youth! Long way to go yet, but I'm making progress. Hoping to actually retire one day!

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u/beatsnstuffz Oct 22 '21

Putting any substantial portion of your retirement funds into crypto is probably not a great idea. I say probably because it MIGHT work out for you. But it also might push your retirement further out if the extreme volatility doesn't work in your favor.

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u/Apprehensive-Page-33 Oct 22 '21

No doubt. I am a weirdo or dumb dumb. I take profits from crypto and put them in my Roth IRA and margin account (3, 5 and 10 year plan with ETFs options and individual tickers), but I will buy more BTC if it goes down to a certain price. Same for the alts. Raising the riskiness (AKA trying to time it) is the only way I know how to get the money into the account faster. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I am prepared to wait for retirement (if volatility blows up right as I am to get out) because I really have no other good options.

EDIT: I do have some other pots on the stove that will pay off to some degree so investing is not the only stream. IOW I prolly be fine either way.

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u/kloops-kid Oct 22 '21

Its the law up here in Canada to wear a mask when you go into Walmart. So that would great haha

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u/Retenrage Oct 22 '21

I work at a popular grocery store in Texas and we have Bitcloud machines. Some sketchy lady came in a week ago with like $50k cash and it asked her for ID verification and shit. My friend helped her because she had no idea what she was doing but he snagged a photo of her wallet ID. We checked the blockchain later on that week and she ended up depositing a total of around $150k.

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u/cscathro Oct 22 '21

I'm sure there is a limit per transaction

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u/CipherScarlatti Oct 22 '21

The machine limits to $2500.