Back in the day, coin-operated rides were all the rage at the local grocery store, but they've since disappeared completely.

Coin Cloud, a Las Vegas-based company that operated more than 4,000 Bitcoin ATMs in the U.S. and Brazil, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The court filing estimated the company's liabilities to be ...

Potential investors poured into the convention of the National Institute of Dry-cleaning two years ago, clamoring to find out about a new “wonder business” that was virtually guaranteed to coin ...

Coin-operated machines have a longer history than you might think. Ancient temples used them to dispense, for example, holy water to the faithful in return for their coins. Old payphones rang a bell ...

There was a time before portable TVs and personal media players when the idea of putting coin-operated TVs everywhere, from restaurants to airports and laundromats, would have seemed like a solid ...

TL;DR: Hardware engineer MrYeester demonstrates how to convert a PC into a coin-activated gaming rig by replacing the power button with a coin acceptor that detects specific coins to trigger startup.