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Re:Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher by prop84u on Thursday August 29, 2019 @02:46PM (#20832424)
So blockchain.com is breaking the law by not asking all their customers to upload their government ID and a selfie in order to withdraw the crypto they have received to a private wallet?
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Re:Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher by donaltroddyn on Thursday August 29, 2019 @02:59PM (#20832527)
Blockchain.com's privacy policy states that, for anti-money laundering purposes, they'll collect:

> Passport and/or national driver’s license or government-issued identification card to verify your identity

(from https://www.blockchain.com/legal/privacy). That's consistent with every other exchange I've used.

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Re:Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher by prop84u on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:02PM (#20832552)
Verification is only required to use their exchange, and not for withdrawing to a crypto wallet.

Brave would be able to offer BAT withdrawals for creators in a legally sound way.

https://support.blockchain.com/hc/en-us/articles/36001835987...

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Re:Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher by londons_explore on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:39AM (#20839631)
AML laws aren't anywhere near as precise as most people expect. It basicly boils down to "if bad guys use your platform, and you can't trace them, you're gonna go to prison".
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Re:Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher by GoblinSlayer on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:06AM (#20836930)
10 cents per day money laundering?
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