Brave is offering this chance. Otherwise vBAT would be going away here in February. They are extending to at least April in order to try to get countries added again and allow the withdrawal of any earned vBAT.
Can already connect. The only ones who can’t are places where Uphold is refusing to allow the connection to Brave. Unfortunately, it’s a pretty big list. Almost all countries at https://support.uphold.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026786712-Non-Supported-Geographies- aren’t allowed to link to Brave, with a few minor exceptions. These are all primarily limited because of government regulations and/or sanctions, though a couple were due to excessive fraud.
Not sure, India is still restricted and can’t create new accounts with Uphold. If you hadn’t seen it though, Brave is working on a new partner that they hope to have in place before vBAT ends. This would allow those from India to turn vBAT to BAT and access funds. I’m sure this new partner might be able to give access to other countries as well, but the only one particularly mentioned has been India, as this is a country Brave has been working hard to add as a priority for more than 6 months now.
Keep in mind Brave can’t do anything if there’s no custodial partner to accept everything. KYC/AML is extremely important. And just in case you’re wanting to ask, here’s little more on that below: