https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/ Dated analysis built on the documents behind the registers. en Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/bitcoin-atms-how-they-work-fees-and-scams/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/bitcoin-atms-how-they-work-fees-and-scams/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A bitcoin ATM sells bitcoin for cash and sends it to a wallet address the customer supplies. CoinFlip's terms price purchases at a 21.90% transaction fee. The FBI's IC3 recorded 13,460 complaints and $389 million in losses tied to crypto ATMs in 2025, and California caps kiosk fees at the greater of $5 or 15%. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/can-you-buy-crypto-with-a-credit-card/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/can-you-buy-crypto-with-a-credit-card/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk In the US, Coinbase, Kraken and Gemini accept debit cards, not credit cards, for crypto purchases. Crypto.com's Pay on-ramp lists credit cards at a 3.99% fee. Where a credit card purchase goes through, Chase, Capital One and American Express agreements class it as a cash advance with a 5% fee, minimum $5 or $10. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/coinbase-scams-how-they-work/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/coinbase-scams-how-they-work/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Most Coinbase scams are impersonation: a caller or text posing as Coinbase support pushes the customer to move coins to a "safe" wallet. Coinbase's help centre lists what its staff never ask for. In May 2025 Coinbase disclosed that bribed support contractors had taken customer data, including government ID images, for under 1% of monthly transacting users, which gave scammers real details to quote. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/coinbase-vs-coinbase-wallet/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/coinbase-vs-coinbase-wallet/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Coinbase is a custodial exchange account where crypto is "stored on the platform"; Coinbase Wallet is a self-custody app where Coinbase "never has access to your recovery phrase". The wallet's App Store notes called it Base app for months, and since version 30.11 say "We're now Coinbase Wallet." https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/coinbase-vs-gemini/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/coinbase-vs-gemini/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Both hold New York charters, but most US Gemini users now contract with Gemini Moonbase, LLC, which is not on the NYDFS list. Gemini's ActiveTrader fees start at 0.600% maker and 1.200% taker. Coinbase's record includes a $50 million NYDFS penalty and a 2025 insider data theft; Gemini's includes the Earn freeze of 340,000 investors. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/coinbase-withdrawal-time-fees-and-cash-out/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/coinbase-withdrawal-time-fees-and-cash-out/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Selling crypto to a Coinbase cash balance is instant. Moving that cash to a bank takes 1 to 5 business days by ACH, about 30 minutes by instant cashout, or a same-day wire for $25, per the Coinbase Help Center on 14 October 2026. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-debit-card-fees-compared/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-debit-card-fees-compared/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Eight crypto debit cards had fee pages that could be read on 14 October 2026. Foreign transaction fees run from 0% to 3%, ATM fees from no card fee to $3 plus 2%, and cashback from none stated to 3% with a $10,000 annual membership. Spending crypto on any of them is a sale for US tax purposes. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-taxes-before-withdrawal/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-taxes-before-withdrawal/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk No tax is due because crypto is withdrawn. The IRS taxes a sale, an exchange or another disposal; moving crypto between wallets you own is a non-taxable event, though a network fee paid in crypto counts as a disposal. Brokers report gross proceeds on Form 1099-DA for sales from 1 January 2025 and basis for certain sales from 1 January 2026. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/gemini-credit-card-review/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/gemini-credit-card-review/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The Gemini Credit Card is a WebBank-issued Mastercard paying 4% back on gas, EV and transit up to $300 a month, 3% on dining, 2% on groceries and 1% elsewhere, in crypto. No annual or foreign transaction fee; purchase APR 16.74% to 34.74%. The agreement bars buying crypto and gambling with it. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-much-bitcoin-does-satoshi-have/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-much-bitcoin-does-satoshi-have/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Nobody can prove how much bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto holds. The widely cited figure of about 1 million BTC is an estimate from Sergio Lerner's 2013 Patoshi research, which he described as made "at eyesight". The genesis address holds 107.66 BTC by Blockchain.com's count, 50 of it unspendable. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-much-bitcoin-is-left-to-mine/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-much-bitcoin-is-left-to-mine/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk At block 971,395 on 14 October 2026 the issuance schedule has released 20,098,112.5 BTC, leaving about 901,887 BTC, or 4.3% of the cap, still to be mined. The block subsidy reaches zero at block 6,930,000, which at the 10-minute target lands around the year 2140. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-buy-bitcoin-with-cash-app/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-buy-bitcoin-with-cash-app/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk To buy bitcoin on Cash App, open the Bitcoin tile on the Money tab, tap Buy, pick an amount and a funding source and confirm. Cash App's fee runs from 2.0% on buys under $500 to 0% from $2,000, and a spread of up to 0.75% (or 1%, on a second help page) sits inside the price. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-buy-bitcoin/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-buy-bitcoin/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Buying bitcoin in the US means opening a verified account at a broker or exchange, funding it, placing a buy and, optionally, withdrawing to a wallet. Fees published on 14 October 2026 range from 0% to 2.20% of the trade at five US apps, and most add a spread on top. One bitcoin is 100,000,000 satoshis, so any dollar amount can be bought. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-buy-solana/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-buy-solana/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Coinbase, Kraken, Robinhood, PayPal and Gemini each list SOL on their own pages, read on 14 October 2026; Cash App's crypto disclosures cover bitcoin and stablecoins, not SOL. Buy fees follow each platform's general crypto schedule. On-chain, Solana charges 5,000 lamports per signature, and the refundable rent-exempt minimum is being cut by up to 90% in five steps from September 2026. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-buy-usdt/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-buy-usdt/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk In the US, Coinbase and Gemini list USDT and Robinhood shows it for market data only. Tether sells directly only to verified customers with a 100,000 USD minimum. In the EEA, Coinbase, Kraken and Binance have restricted or delisted it under MiCA. The network picked at withdrawal decides whether the tokens arrive. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-sell-bitcoin/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-sell-bitcoin/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Bitcoin is sold through an exchange, a broker app, a peer-to-peer market or a bitcoin ATM. Stated fees on 14 October 2026 run from 0% plus a spread of up to 0.75% on a Cash App sale of $2,000 or more to 4.99% at a CoinFlip kiosk. Every sale is a capital gain or loss event for US tax. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-send-bitcoin-to-another-wallet/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-send-bitcoin-to-another-wallet/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Sending bitcoin means pasting the recipient's address, choosing the amount and fee, and signing. Coinbase's web flow has 6 steps and Trezor Suite's has 4. Addresses start with 1, 3, bc1q or bc1p. Mempool.space recommended 1 sat/vB on 14 October 2026, and bitcoin.org says a transaction "cannot be reversed". https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-bitcoin-wallet/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-bitcoin-wallet/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A self-custody bitcoin wallet is set up by installing the app, generating keys, writing down a 12 or 24 word recovery phrase and checking it. Blockstream's app guide lists 4 steps; Trezor says its hardware setup takes about 15 minutes and wipes the device after 16 wrong PINs. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-spend-bitcoin/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-spend-bitcoin/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Bitcoin is spent four ways in practice: a crypto debit card, a payment processor invoice such as BitPay, a Lightning payment, or PayPal's checkout with crypto. Each sells the bitcoin, and the IRS treats each payment as a disposal on which gain or loss is recognised. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-transfer-bitcoin-to-cash-app/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-transfer-bitcoin-to-cash-app/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk To transfer bitcoin to Cash App, open the Bitcoin tile, tap Deposit bitcoin and copy the address, which changes after every deposit. On-chain deposits are capped at $10,000 in any 7 days and Lightning at $999. Cash App takes BTC only. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-withdraw-bitcoin-from-cash-app/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-to-withdraw-bitcoin-from-cash-app/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Cash App sends bitcoin to an outside wallet at three speeds. Standard is free, takes 24 hours or less and needs at least 0.001 BTC; Rush and Priority charge a network fee plus up to $2 or $3. Selling to dollars costs 0% to 2.0% plus a spread, and the cash-out to a bank is free or 0.5% to 2.5%. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-bitcoin-safe/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-bitcoin-safe/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Bitcoin's protocol is secured by proof of work and has produced 971,395 blocks since January 2009. The money people lose goes through custody failures and scams: the FBI's IC3 recorded 181,565 crypto-related complaints and $11.366 billion in losses in 2025, about $7.2 billion of it investment fraud. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-xrp-a-stablecoin/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-xrp-a-stablecoin/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk XRP is not a stablecoin. The GENIUS Act defines a payment stablecoin as one whose issuer must redeem it for a fixed amount of money; XRP and bitcoin have no such issuer and float on supply and demand. Ripple's dollar stablecoin is RLUSD, with $2,460.7 million circulating on 8 October 2026. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/kraken-vs-binance/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/kraken-vs-binance/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Binance.com must keep a "complete exit from the United States" under its 2023 Treasury settlement; Americans use the separate Binance.US, unavailable in 16 states and regions. Kraken serves US residents except in Maine and New York. Binance's entry spot fee is 0.100%; Kraken Pro's is 0.40% maker and 0.80% taker. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/ledger-nano-x-review/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/ledger-nano-x-review/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The Ledger Nano X lists at US$99 on Ledger's US shop, read 14 October 2026, with an ST33J2M0 chip rated CC EAL5+, Bluetooth 5.2 and a 5 hour battery. Ledger Recover is a paid, optional key backup. Ledger's 2020 customer-data breach and 2023 Connect Kit attack did not break the device; both fed theft through phishing and malicious signing. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/ledger-recover-explained/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/ledger-recover-explained/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Ledger Recover is an opt-in subscription, provided by Coincover, that encrypts a copy of the seed inside the device, splits it into three fragments held by Coincover, Ledger and EscrowTech, and releases two of them after two independent identity checks. Unpaid subscriptions are suspended after 3 months and fragments deleted after 9 more. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/ledger-vs-trezor/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/ledger-vs-trezor/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Ledger and Trezor both sell hardware wallets with certified secure elements. Ledger's chip code is closed under its agreement with STMicroelectronics and it sells Ledger Recover, an optional ID-based phrase backup; Trezor publishes its code and sells no comparable service on the pages read. US prices on 14 October 2026 run US$69 to US$399 for Ledger and US$59 to US$249 for Trezor. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/metamask-vs-trust-wallet/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/metamask-vs-trust-wallet/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Both are self-custody wallets whose terms say the company cannot recover a lost phrase. MetaMask publishes a 0.875% swap fee and names 19 networks; Trust Wallet says 100+ blockchains, publishes no standard swap fee, and reimbursed users after a December 2025 extension breach. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/pig-butchering-scam/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/pig-butchering-scam/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Pig butchering is a crypto investment scam in which a stranger builds trust over weeks, steers the victim to a fake trading platform, shows invented gains and then takes everything. FinCEN described it in alert FIN-2023-Alert005. The FBI's 2025 report records about $7.2 billion lost to crypto investment fraud. Paid "recovery" offers that follow are a second scam. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/solana-wallets-compared/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/solana-wallets-compared/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Five wallets that hold SOL were compared on what their own documents say. Only one, Backpack, puts a swap fee percentage in writing, and its blog contradicts it. Phantom's help centre said in September that its Google or Apple wallets split a key with Phantom; Solflare's terms say it never holds enough to move funds. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/trust-wallet-scams/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/trust-wallet-scams/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Trust Wallet's own security pages describe fake apps, fake support agents, fraudulent airdrops, copycat tokens and approval drainers as the main scams against its users. Separately, a malicious v2.68 browser extension published on 24 December 2025 drained 2,520 addresses, with about $8.5 million in assets impacted, and the reimbursement process drew over 5,000 claims, many of them, Trust Wallet says, false. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/usdc-vs-usdt/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/usdc-vs-usdt/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk USDT is issued by Tether International, S.A. de C.V. in El Salvador and reports quarterly attestations; USDC is issued by Circle and reports monthly. Tether reported $184.6 billion of USDT at 30 June 2026, Circle $72.7 billion of USDC on 12 October 2026. Both can block addresses. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/usdt-trc20-wallet/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/usdt-trc20-wallet/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk TRC-20 USDT is Tether's token on the Tron blockchain, at contract TR7NHqjeKQxGTCi8q8ZY4pL8otSzgjLj6t. Any wallet that holds Tron addresses can hold it, 16 of 30 on the register name Tron, but sending it costs TRX for energy and bandwidth, and Tether's terms let it freeze any holder's tokens. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-bitcoin-etf/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-bitcoin-etf/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A spot bitcoin ETF is a trust whose shares trade on a stock exchange and which holds bitcoin with a custodian. The SEC approved 11 such listings on 10 January 2024 in Release No. 34-99306. Sponsor fees on issuers' own pages read on 14 October 2026 range from 0.15% to 0.25%. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-bitcoin-wallet/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-bitcoin-wallet/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A bitcoin wallet is software or a device that holds private keys and signs transactions; the coins stay on the blockchain. Bitcoin.org splits wallets by where the keys live. 24 of the 30 wallets on the CryptoGuardz register name Bitcoin among their chains. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-hardware-wallet/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-hardware-wallet/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A hardware wallet is a dedicated device that holds the private keys and signs transactions away from the computer. Eight current Ledger and Trezor models list at US$59 to US$399 on their makers' shops, read 14 October 2026; the failures on record came from firmware, suppliers and phishing. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-binance/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-binance/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Binance is a crypto exchange launched in July 2017 by Changpeng Zhao. Its terms, effective 21 July 2026, bind users to three Abu Dhabi Global Market companies. In 2023 Binance Holdings pleaded guilty to US anti-money laundering and sanctions charges and agreed to pay $4,316,126,163 to the DOJ. BNB is the native token of BNB Smart Chain. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-bitcoin-backed-by/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-bitcoin-backed-by/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Bitcoin is not backed by a reserve or an issuer's promise. The protocol issues it to miners who spend computing work, under a fixed schedule capped at 20,999,999.9769 BTC, and its value rests on what buyers will pay. Stablecoins such as USDT and USDC are claims on an issuer's reserves; spot bitcoin ETFs are backed by bitcoin held at a custodian. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-staking-crypto/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-staking-crypto/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Staking crypto means locking coins in a proof-of-stake network so they back a validator, in return for rewards and at the risk of slashing. Solo Ethereum staking needs 32 ETH. Coinbase takes a 35% commission and Kraken 30% on flexible staking. The IRS taxes rewards as income when you gain control of them. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-usdc-on-coinbase/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-usdc-on-coinbase/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk USDC on Coinbase is a dollar token issued by Circle that Coinbase lets customers buy, hold and convert at $1 for $1 with no conversion fee. Coinbase advertises up to 3.75% APY on USDC, which its help centre calls a loyalty program funded by Coinbase, open in the US to Coinbase One members only. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/california-ab-831-sweepstakes-ban-what-it-does/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/california-ab-831-sweepstakes-ban-what-it-does/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk AB 831, Chapter 623 of 2025, added Penal Code section 337o. Since 1 January 2026 it is a misdemeanor to offer an online dual-currency sweepstakes game in California, and to knowingly support one as a payment processor, geolocation provider, content supplier, platform or media affiliate. Stake.us and Pulsz exclude California in their terms; Chumba and McLuck keep it for free-play only. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/draftkings-predictions-fanatics-markets-robinhood-what-they-are/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/draftkings-predictions-fanatics-markets-robinhood-what-they-are/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Each of these apps is a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant that sends trades to a separate CFTC exchange, not a licensed sportsbook. On 13 October 2026 Fanatics Markets listed 22 states and 4 territories with a minimum age of 21, Robinhood required 18 and blocked sports contracts for Maryland, Nevada and Michigan residents, and FanDuel Predicts said it is available in all 50 states. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-kalshi-safe-what-the-cftc-and-the-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-kalshi-safe-what-the-cftc-and-the-terms-say/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Kalshi runs a CFTC-designated exchange (since 2020) and an affiliated CFTC-registered clearing house (since 2024), and says customer deposits sit in segregated accounts. None of its documents read on 13 October 2026 claim SIPC or FDIC cover, its terms let it revoke access at its sole discretion, and outcome rulings by its own committee are final. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-polymarket-legal-in-the-us/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-polymarket-legal-in-the-us/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Polymarket runs two products. QCX LLC d/b/a Polymarket US is a CFTC-designated contract market, designated on 9 July 2025, open to verified US adults. The international site, polymarket.com, is run by a Panama-law company whose terms bar US persons from trading. Nevada sued all three Polymarket entities in January 2026, Illinois and Missouri ordered Polymarket US to stop offering sports contracts, and New York sued it on 24 September 2026. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/kalshi-and-polymarket-taxes-what-the-irs-rules-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/kalshi-and-polymarket-taxes-what-the-irs-rules-say/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Kalshi's help centre lists four forms it may issue, 1099-INT, 1099-MISC, 1099-B and 1099-DA, and none of them is described as reporting event contract profits. As of 13 October 2026 the IRS has published no guidance on how event contracts are taxed, and the Treasury's 2026-2027 guidance plan does not list the topic. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/polymarket-and-kalshi-fees-explained/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/polymarket-and-kalshi-fees-explained/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Kalshi and both Polymarket products price taker fees on the same curve, rate x contracts x price x (1 - price), so fees peak at 50 cents. On 100 contracts at 50 cents Kalshi charges $1.75, Polymarket's international exchange $0 to $1.75 by category and Polymarket US $1.74. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/polymarket-vs-kalshi-fees-markets-and-legal-status/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/polymarket-vs-kalshi-fees-markets-and-legal-status/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Kalshi and Polymarket US are both CFTC-designated contract markets that trade in dollars; polymarket.com is a separate crypto platform, not CFTC-regulated, that blocks US trading. Both US exchanges face the same state gambling fights, including a New York suit against Polymarket US filed on 24 September 2026. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/polymarket-withdrawal-time-and-how-withdrawals-work/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/polymarket-withdrawal-time-and-how-withdrawals-work/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk On polymarket.com a withdrawal is an onchain transfer that Polymarket's developer docs describe as instant and free. The separate Polymarket US app quotes 3 to 4 business days for debit card and ACH, and Kalshi quotes a few hours for debit card, a few business days for bank and 30 minutes for crypto. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/are-gambling-winnings-taxable-in-canada/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/are-gambling-winnings-taxable-in-canada/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The CRA says lottery winnings of any amount are not reported or taxed unless they are income from employment, a business or property. The Tax Court held in Leblanc (2006) that over C$5.5 million won on sports lotteries was not business income, and in Cohen (2011) that a lawyer turned poker player could not deduct C$121,991 of losses. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/are-sweepstakes-casinos-gambling-what-the-law-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/are-sweepstakes-casinos-gambling-what-the-law-says/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Sweepstakes casinos say free entry removes consideration, one of gambling's three elements. Six states disagree by statute: California, New Jersey, Montana and New York in 2025, Louisiana and Maine in 2026. Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, Maryland and Connecticut have acted through lawsuits, letters or settlements. Most states have no specific law. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/betstop-australia-self-exclusion-register/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/betstop-australia-self-exclusion-register/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk BetStop is the Australian Government's free National Self-Exclusion Register, launched on 21 August 2023. It bars a registered person from all licensed interactive wagering providers, online and by phone, for a minimum of 3 months up to a lifetime. By 31 March 2026, 59,830 people had registered and 37,247 exclusions were active. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/can-you-chargeback-a-casino-or-crypto-purchase/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/can-you-chargeback-a-casino-or-crypto-purchase/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A chargeback is a card network process that lets a bank reverse a disputed payment. A crypto transfer has no equivalent; the FTC says crypto payments "typically are not reversible". 15 of 24 register casinos show a card route, and the terms read charge players for chargebacks, forfeit winnings or call one a breach. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/can-you-deduct-gambling-losses/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/can-you-deduct-gambling-losses/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk US players can deduct gambling losses only by itemizing on Schedule A, and only up to the winnings they report. From tax year 2026 the deduction is 90% of losses. The IRS requires a diary plus statements; of three crypto casino terms read, none promises a statement, and two make their own logs final. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-casino-australia-what-the-law-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-casino-australia-what-the-law-says/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it an offence to provide an online casino to customers in Australia, with 5,000 penalty units per day. ACMA had blocked 1,296 illegal gambling and affiliate sites by August 2025. 12 of the 24 crypto casinos on the CryptoGuardz register bar Australia in their own terms, and 6 of those reserve the balance. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-tax-india-30-percent-and-1-percent-tds/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-tax-india-30-percent-and-1-percent-tds/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk India taxes income from transferring crypto at a flat 30% under section 115BBH, allowing only the cost of acquisition and no set-off of losses. Section 194S takes 1% TDS on transfers above Rs 10,000 a year, or Rs 50,000 for a specified person. From 1 April 2026 both rules sit in the Income-tax Act 2025. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-tax-uk-what-hmrc-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-tax-uk-what-hmrc-says/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk HMRC treats most personal crypto as an asset liable to Capital Gains Tax when it is sold, swapped, spent or given away. Gains above the £3,000 annual allowance are taxed at 18% or 24% from 6 April 2026. Betting winnings themselves are not chargeable gains, but moving crypto in and out of a casino can be. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/fast-withdrawal-casino-uk-what-the-rules-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/fast-withdrawal-casino-uk-what-the-rules-say/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk UK-licensed casinos must pay out without unreasonable delay, may not demand documents at withdrawal that they could have asked for earlier, and since 31 October 2021 may not offer reverse withdrawals. The Gambling Commission reported firms fulfil about 99 percent of requests within 24 to 48 hours. Of 30 live UK brands on the register, one states a time. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-are-gambling-winnings-taxed-in-the-us/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/how-are-gambling-winnings-taxed-in-the-us/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The IRS treats gambling winnings as fully taxable income at ordinary rates, 10% to 37% for 2026. Form W-2G reporting for slots, bingo and keno now starts at $2,000. From tax year 2026, section 165(d) as amended in 2025 lets players deduct only 90% of losses, and only against winnings. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/india-online-gaming-act-2025-what-it-bans/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/india-online-gaming-act-2025-what-it-bans/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 bans offering, advertising and processing payments for any online money game, skill or chance, from 1 May 2026. Offering carries up to 3 years or Rs 1 crore. Only 2 of 24 crypto casinos on the CryptoGuardz register name India in their own restricted lists. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-bingo-gambling-what-the-law-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-bingo-gambling-what-the-law-says/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk In law, bingo played for money is gambling. Texas's statute calls it "a specific game of chance", Ohio exempts only bingo run by a licensed charitable organization, and New York's Constitution allows it only for qualifying non-profits. In Great Britain, online bingo needs a remote bingo operating licence from the Gambling Commission. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-bitcoin-untraceable-what-casinos-and-exchanges-see/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-bitcoin-untraceable-what-casinos-and-exchanges-see/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Bitcoin is not untraceable. Every transfer sits on a public ledger, and the whitepaper says privacy rests only on keeping addresses unlinked to names. Stake and Shuffle say every crypto deposit and withdrawal runs through Chainalysis, and the DOJ has traced and seized over 94,000 bitcoin in one case. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-crypto-legal-in-india/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-crypto-legal-in-india/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Owning and trading crypto is legal in India. The RBI's 2018 ban on banks serving crypto firms was set aside by the Supreme Court on 4 March 2020, gains are taxed at 30% under a 2022 amendment with 1% TDS on transfers, and since March 2023 exchanges serving Indians must register with FIU-IND or face blocking. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-day-trading-gambling-what-regulators-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-day-trading-gambling-what-regulators-say/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Under US law day trading is not gambling: federal statutes carve securities trades out of gambling and bucket shop laws. Regulators still warn about it. The SEC says day traders "typically suffer severe financial losses", FINRA's required disclosure says "Day trading can be extremely risky", and a 2014 study found under 1% reliably profitable. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-fantasy-football-gambling-what-the-law-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-fantasy-football-gambling-what-the-law-says/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Federally, paid fantasy football is outside the UIGEA definition of a bet if prizes are fixed in advance, outcomes turn on skill across several real games, and no result rests on one team or one athlete. States decide the rest: Nevada and Texas's Attorney General call daily fantasy gambling, while New York licenses it. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-kalshi-gambling-prediction-markets-what-the-law-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-kalshi-gambling-prediction-markets-what-the-law-says/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Federally, Kalshi is a CFTC-designated contract market, not a sportsbook. Several states say its sports contracts are unlicensed gambling. As of 9 October 2026 the Third Circuit sided with Kalshi in New Jersey, the Ninth and Sixth Circuits sided with Nevada, Ohio and Tennessee, and New Jersey has asked the Supreme Court to decide. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-options-trading-gambling/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-options-trading-gambling/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Under US law options trading is not gambling: 15 U.S.C. 78bb(a)(3) bars state wagering and bucket shop laws from invalidating any "put, call, straddle, option". The rules still treat it as high risk: brokers must hand over the OCC risk document and approve each options account. India's SEBI found 87.7% of individual options traders lost money in FY26. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-prizepicks-gambling-what-regulators-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-prizepicks-gambling-what-regulators-say/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk It depends on the state. California's Attorney General concluded in July 2025 that daily fantasy, pick'em included, is sports wagering under Penal Code 337a. New York's Gaming Commission settled with PrizePicks for $14,969,688 in 2024 and lists it as a permitted fantasy operator. Maryland bars contests based on a single athlete's performance. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-stake-legal-in-canada/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-stake-legal-in-canada/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Under Criminal Code section 207, only a provincial government may conduct and manage online casino games in Canada. Stake holds no provincial registration and is not on iGaming Ontario's list of 49 operators. Its terms, read 9 October 2026, bar Ontario by name and leave the other provinces off the list, putting legality on the player. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/no-deposit-bonus-what-the-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/no-deposit-bonus-what-the-terms-say/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A no deposit bonus is credit or free spins given without a deposit, and its terms decide whether any of it can be withdrawn. Clauses read on 9 October 2026 cap winnings at 50 USDT (Wild.io) or 6 mBTC (mBit) after 35x to 40x wagering. Since 19 January 2026, UK-licensed casinos may not set wagering above 10x. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/playalberta-and-albertas-igaming-market/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/playalberta-and-albertas-igaming-market/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk PlayAlberta is the online gambling site run for the Government of Alberta, with revenue going to the province's General Revenue Fund. Bill 48, the iGaming Alberta Act, created the Alberta iGaming Corporation and made AGLC the regulator, and the regulated market for private operators opened on 13 July 2026 with 22 sites, reaching 31 by 14 September. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-does-rtp-mean-in-slots/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-does-rtp-mean-in-slots/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk RTP, return to player, is the percentage of all money wagered that a game is designed to pay back over its lifetime. The UK Gambling Commission calls it the designed return shown in the game's rules. Studio game sheets collected by CryptoGuardz cover 9,538 titles with an RTP; the ten studios with most games have medians from 94.5% to 96.99%. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-high-roller-vip-programs-what-the-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-high-roller-vip-programs-what-the-terms-say/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A high roller is a player who stakes large sums, and casinos define the line themselves: Stake's VIP tiers start at US$10,000 wagered. The terms behind VIP perks are discretionary, large wins can be paid in instalments, and checks escalate with size. The UK regulator tightened VIP rules in 2020 after finding schemes masked harm. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-seed-phrase/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-a-seed-phrase/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A seed phrase is a list of 12 to 24 words, defined by the BIP-39 standard, from which a wallet derives every key it holds. Anyone with the words controls the funds. Of 30 wallets on the register, 11 offer a cloud backup and 3 split recovery with the provider. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-house-edge-casino-games-explained/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-house-edge-casino-games-explained/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A casino house edge is the share of every bet a game is built to keep over time, and it equals 100% minus the RTP. Stake publishes 1% on Dice, Plinko and Limbo and 2% on Drill. Across 97 video slots on studio game sheets collected by CryptoGuardz, the median edge is 4.7%, from 3% to 6.5%. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-kyc-verification/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-kyc-verification/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk KYC stands for know your customer, the identity check that FATF Recommendation 10 requires of financial institutions and that US and EU rules write into law. Of 24 crypto casinos on the register, 9 make it a condition of withdrawal, 13 reserve it at discretion and 6 publish a money figure. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-usdt-tether-networks-freezes-and-casino-deposits/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/what-is-usdt-tether-networks-freezes-and-casino-deposits/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk USDT is a token Tether issues and redeems, which its terms say is "100% backed" by reserves. Tether lists 13 chains for it, can freeze any holder's tokens, and says it has frozen more than $5 billion. 20 of 24 register casinos list USDT; the network is recorded for 2. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/cs2-gambling-sites-what-their-licences-and-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/cs2-gambling-sites-what-their-licences-and-terms-say/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk On 8 October 2026 we read the terms and licence claims of ten CS2 skin gambling sites. None names a gambling regulator or licence number on its own pages. Five sets of terms could be read. Sweden has barred four of the operators and Australia warned a fifth. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-revenue-how-a-crypto-casino-makes-money/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-revenue-how-a-crypto-casino-makes-money/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Stake makes money from the house edge on every bet. Its own game pages state a 1% edge on Dice, Crash and Plinko, and its fairness code sets 2% on Drill. Third-party slots carry 4% to 6% on studio sheets. Forbes reported US$4.7 billion of Stake gross revenue for 2024; Stake publishes no accounts. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/who-owns-roobet-what-the-filings-show/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/who-owns-roobet-what-the-filings-show/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Roobet is operated by Raw Entertainment B.V., Curacao company 157205, under Curacao licence OGL/2024/687/0427, recorded as Indefinite. Fiat payments go through Raw Entertainment Ltd in Cyprus. Partner announcements name Matt Duea and Anthony Brennan as co-founders, but no register read on 8 October 2026 names Roobet's shareholders. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/who-owns-stake-ed-craven-bijan-tehrani-what-the-filings-show/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/who-owns-stake-ed-craven-bijan-tehrani-what-the-filings-show/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Stake.com is operated by Medium Rare N.V., Curacao company 145353, and Stake.us by Sweepsteaks Limited, Cyprus HE436222. Easygo Group Holdings Pty Ltd in Melbourne names Stake and Kick as its brands. Forbes reports Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani split the business 50/50; no company register we could read names the shareholders. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/who-owns-the-crypto-casinos-company-registers/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/who-owns-the-crypto-casinos-company-registers/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Of the 24 crypto casinos on the CryptoGuardz register, 23 name an operating company and 12 of those companies appear in the Curacao Gaming Authority's registry of 16 September 2026. None names an individual owner in a public register or in its own documents. Two name a corporate parent; the rest disclose no owner. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-stake-legal-in-india-what-the-law-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-stake-legal-in-india-what-the-law-says/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Section 5 of India's Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 prohibits offering online money games, and section 7 bars banks from processing them. Stake's own list of 45 prohibited jurisdictions, read on 4 October 2026, does not name India, and clause 4.5(b) puts the legal risk on the player. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/safe-online-casino-nine-document-checks/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/safe-online-casino-nine-document-checks/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A safe online casino is one whose documents survive nine checks a reader can run alone. On the register's 24 operators, 18 pass the licence lookup, 5 commit to a withdrawal timeframe in their terms, and none has an identified hot wallet. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/sites-like-stake-what-the-register-shows/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/sites-like-stake-what-the-register-shows/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Eleven operators on the register hold a Curacao licence found in the authority's own register, as Stake does. Five of them share Stake's discretionary KYC trigger, three commit to a withdrawal timeframe that Stake's terms do not, and one licence is recorded as Expired. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-us-sweepstakes-by-state-what-the-filings-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-us-sweepstakes-by-state-what-the-filings-say/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Clause 2.1 of the Stake.us terms excludes 22 states, including California, New York, Connecticut and Montana, which have passed sweepstakes bans. Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Minnesota are not excluded, and each has a lawsuit or appeal against the operator on file. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/bc-game-anjouan-licence-expiry-what-the-register-shows/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/bc-game-anjouan-licence-expiry-what-the-register-shows/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The Anjouan public register, read on 2 October 2026, shows BC.GAME's licence ALSI-202410011-FI1 valid until 1 October 2027. A month earlier the same register gave 1 October 2026. The register marks all 1,540 licences "valid", including 347 whose expiry date has passed, and BC.GAME's terms say nothing about balances if a licence lapses. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/gamdom-100-rtp-claim-what-the-documents-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/gamdom-100-rtp-claim-what-the-documents-say/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Gamdom has marketed its in-house games as 100% RTP since 20 November 2025. Its help centre puts the RTP at around 99% with a rebate on top, two Gamdom pages give different caps for that rebate ($5k a day and $50,000), and the binding terms do not mention RTP at all. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-nigeria-ban-what-the-lagos-regulator-published/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-nigeria-ban-what-the-lagos-regulator-published/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority's own website lists Medium Rara NV, trading as Stake.com, at number 17 of 44 on its list of illegal gaming companies. The joint notice declaring Stake unlawful in 24 states circulated on LinkedIn and in trade press and was not on the regulator's site on 2 October 2026. Stake's terms list 45 prohibited jurisdictions, and Nigeria is not one. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/anonymous-bitcoin-casino-what-anonymous-means/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/anonymous-bitcoin-casino-what-anonymous-means/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Twelve of fourteen operators take a first deposit without documents, and all fourteen reserve identity checks at withdrawal or at their discretion. Anonymous at sign-up is not anonymous in the contract. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/casino-kyc-requirements-what-documents/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/casino-kyc-requirements-what-documents/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Twelve of fourteen operators name at least one document a player must supply. Only two publish a maximum age for proof of address, and two name no ordinary document at all. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-cards-gambling-what-the-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-cards-gambling-what-the-terms-say/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Two of fourteen cards prohibit gambling in a document the issuer publishes, one treats it as a cash advance, and Revolut's block works on merchant codes it admits can be dodged. RedotPay's terms name no gambling rule. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-casino-canada-ontario-what-the-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/crypto-casino-canada-ontario-what-the-terms-say/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Ontario's regulated market verifies identity before an account is created, and no operator on this register is part of it. Three of the fourteen name Ontario in their own restricted list, and the consequence for playing from a restricted place is written into the contract. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/curacao-gaming-authority-hack-what-was-confirmed/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/curacao-gaming-authority-hack-what-was-confirmed/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The Curacao Gaming Authority confirmed on 17 and 22 September 2026 that its licensing portal was accessed from December 2025 to September 2026 under a false identity. It has not confirmed what was taken. Eight of the fourteen register operators hold its licences. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/deposit-from-exchange-to-casino-risks/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/deposit-from-exchange-to-casino-risks/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Of twelve exchanges on the register, OKX, Bitget and MEXC prohibit gambling transfers outright, OKX and Gate attach a freeze or confiscation power to their gambling clause, Coinbase can claw back a transfer it links to prohibited use, and Binance, Crypto.com and HTX say nothing. Routing through a self-custody wallet moves the balance out of reach of those clauses; it does not change what they say. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/drake-stake-lawsuit-arbitration-clause/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/drake-stake-lawsuit-arbitration-clause/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A Virginia class action accusing Stake.us, Drake and Adin Ross of running an illegal casino and moving money through tips was stayed on 30 July 2026. Stake.us's terms bind players to individual arbitration unless they opted out within 30 days. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/duelbits-hack-what-the-blockchain-shows/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/duelbits-hack-what-the-blockchain-shows/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The Ethereum address that collected most of the Duelbits hot-wallet theft received about 2,334 ETH on 24 and 25 September 2026 and held 973.5 ETH on 28 September. The operator's promise that user funds are safe was made on X, not in a document a player can enforce. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/failed-kyc-casino-confiscation-clauses/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/failed-kyc-casino-confiscation-clauses/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Six of the twelve operators whose terms could be read reserve the deposit as well as the winnings when a restricted-territory or VPN breach is found. One writes that the deposit is returned, one says it may be, and two write balance forfeiture into the verification clause itself. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/gambling-commission-affordability-checks-what-the-rules-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/gambling-commission-affordability-checks-what-the-rules-say/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk In Great Britain the financial vulnerability check triggers at 150 GBP of net deposits in a rolling 30 days and reads public insolvency records. Of the 14 offshore crypto operators on the register, 11 publish no deposit or affordability threshold of any kind. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/gambling-kyc-what-each-regulator-requires/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/gambling-kyc-what-each-regulator-requires/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Three of five regulators publish a hard rule on when gambling KYC must happen: before play in Great Britain, within 30 days of 2,000 euros in deposits in Malta, before any payout in Kahnawake. Anjouan publishes no timing and Curacao's rule pages could not be retrieved, and those two license all fourteen operators on the register. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/krypto-casino-ohne-kyc-germany-what-the-law-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/krypto-casino-ohne-kyc-germany-what-the-law-says/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk No licensed German online casino can let a player deposit, play or withdraw without confirming identity, because section 6a of the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag 2021 forbids it. None of the fourteen crypto casinos on this register is on the GGL whitelist, and eight of them name Germany as a restricted territory in their own terms. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/metamask-crypto-casinos-what-the-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/metamask-crypto-casinos-what-the-terms-say/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk MetaMask's terms of use name no gambling rule. They do let MetaMask suspend access on enumerated grounds, disclose that its own stablecoin can be frozen by third parties, and cap liability at fees paid or 25,000 dollars if none were. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/no-kyc-casino-uk-what-the-law-says/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/no-kyc-casino-uk-what-the-law-says/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk A site licensed in Great Britain has had to verify name, address and date of birth before a customer can gamble since 7 May 2019, so "no verification" and "UK licensed" cannot both be true. Of the fourteen operators on the register, twelve name the United Kingdom as a restricted territory in their own terms, none holds a Gambling Commission licence, and the two that do not name the UK are licensed in Curacao. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/no-kyc-casino-usa-what-the-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/no-kyc-casino-usa-what-the-terms-say/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Thirteen of fourteen operators on the register exclude the United States in their own binding terms, none names an individual state, and six reserve the right to keep the entire balance of an account found to be playing from there. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/no-kyc-casino-what-the-terms-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/no-kyc-casino-what-the-terms-say/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Eight of fourteen operators require verification before a withdrawal in their own terms, three publish a figure, and five reserve verification at their discretion with no threshold at all. None meets a plain reading of "no KYC". https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/self-custody-wallet-safety-checklist/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/self-custody-wallet-safety-checklist/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Seven checks drawn from MetaMask's and Phantom's own help centres, read on 28 September 2026. Both say their support will never ask for a recovery phrase, neither can undo a confirmed transfer, and Phantom supports neither Tron nor BNB Chain, two common USDT networks. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-ireland-exit-player-balances/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-ireland-exit-player-balances/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Stake stopped serving Irish players in mid-September 2026 after contact from the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland, which says it wants Irish players' deposits refunded. The regulator's own notice says casino licence applications open in 2027 and 2028. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-us-lawsuit-what-the-filings-say/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/stake-us-lawsuit-what-the-filings-say/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Two of three US lawsuits against Stake.us are brought by public officials and seek recovery of residents' gambling losses. The third, a private class action, was stayed in July 2026 because of the arbitration clause in Stake.us's terms. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/where-crypto-casino-deposits-come-from/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/where-crypto-casino-deposits-come-from/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Three of twelve exchanges prohibit gambling transfers with no licensing exception, five restrict only unlawful gambling, and three are silent. None of fifteen DEX, aggregator or in-wallet swap terms mentions gambling at all. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/instant-withdrawal-casino-terms/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/instant-withdrawal-casino-terms/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk Six of fourteen operators commit to no processing time anywhere in their contract. Three publish one only in a blog or help page, where it binds nobody. https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-stake-legit/ https://cryptoguardz.com/blog/is-stake-legit/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT CryptoGuardz Register Desk The licence is real, findable, and carries a term that ended three months before we looked. Two official Curacao artefacts disagree about it.