The Massachusetts consumer affairs office on Tuesday issued a consumer alert about the bitcoin virtual currency.

The alert was sparked by the crash of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox and the bitcoin ATM that recently opened in Boston’s South Station. The office said it’s reviewing the Liberty Teller bitcoin ATM to determine if it requires licensing. Meanwhile, a second bitcoin ATM made by the company, in Cambridge’s Harvard Square, opened this week.

The state’s warning itself probably contains no new information for the tech savvy, but I’m assuming that’s not who the alert is targeted at.

This wasn’t exactly a rapid response from the state, either — bitcoin has been growing in popularity for years, while the South Station ATM and the Mt. Gox meltdown are weeks old at this point.

But it’s still perhaps notable, from a tech sector perspective, that the state decided to say anything at all. Many in the tech community have heralded bitcoin and digital currency overall as an emerging front; Jeremy Allaire, founder of Boston digital currency startup Circle (and formerly founder of Brightcove), is among those entrepreneurs seeking to bring bitcoin into the mainstream.

Here is a portion of the alert from the state: