Brookline · Select Board

Brookline Select Board Meeting Meeting - September 29, 2026

Select Board · Brookline · 2026-09-29

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The speaker presented information on cryptocurrency-enabled machines, explaining that some models allow users to acquire crypto, exchange coins for cash, donate to charity, or obtain gift cards with high fees [0:00]. The presentation also detailed a standard Kahuna brand ATM that had been fitted with a chip allowing it to process cryptocurrency transactions [0:12], before opening the topic of how these specific machines operate [0:25].

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What it means: Certain machines allow users to acquire crypto, exchange coins for bills, donate to charity, or get gift cards, though with very high fees [0:00] [0:02] [0:03] [0:06] [0:10]. Additionally, a standard Kahuna brand ATM can also transact in cryptocurrency because it has a chip installed [0:12] [0:15] [0:17] [0:19].

Who moved it: The transcript does not state who introduced the topic, presented the slides, or made any formal motion [0:00] [0:21].

What to watch: The speaker transitions to a new slide to discuss how these machines work [0:21] [0:25] [0:27], though any further civic actions or decisions are not settled in the provided text.

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0:00 These do a variety of things. You can

0:02 get crypto, but you can also do things

0:03 like exchange coins for uh bills or

0:06 donate to charity or uh get gift cards,

0:10 all with admittedly very high fees. And

0:12 then second from right here is just a

0:15 normal ATM, a Kahuna brand ATM, except

0:17 it has had a chip installed that allows

0:19 it to transact in cryptocurrency as

0:21 well. Next slide, please.

0:25 Thank you. So, how do these machines

0:27 work?

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