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  ❤️ Donate Friday, July 24, 2026 ☀️ Sunny, with a high near 84. Good Morning Boston, It's Friday! CitySpace is hosting a live edition of the long-running “Mortified” show tonight . WBUR's Morning Edition chatted with the co-producers for a preview of the always-funny, always-embarrassing show here . But first, the news: Coin con: The Massachusetts Senate moved yesterday to ban so-called crypto ATMs, amid concerns the unregulated kiosks are rampantly used for scams. In the last year alone, the FBI reported people had lost $389 million to such scams, including nearly $7 million at kiosks in Massachusetts, as The Boston Globe reported earlier this week . Right now, the state has no specific rules governing the kiosks — leading local sheriffs and consumer advocates to call for at least a temporary ban. “A ban on crypto ATMs is now the most effective way to stop the ongoing damage,” Jen Benson, the state director of AARP Massachusetts, said in a statement yesterday. How do they wo...

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