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> Please do not require people to submit their goverment ID in order to withdraw their tokens

Not verifying ID almost certainly causes a violation of American, British and European anti-money laundering code.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice.

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?

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.

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...

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".

10 cents per day money laundering?

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