Uphold Holding BAT for Ransom?

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@Sarys

wouldn’t release it unless I gave them the SSN.

Correct. That’s why I mentioned all I did. They can’t give it to you without having that info, as they are also having to report that info to the US government. The IRS and others are keeping an eye on it all.

@Sarys

my question is if these are the only two options right now?

Yes, those are the only options.

@Sarys

Now that I’m done with Uphold is there really only Gemini or nothing?

Yes.

I'm out of withdraw options

Not really. I’ll be a bit blunt in my answer here: You can continue using for another month or two where you can earn Rewards, but wouldn’t have any way of withdrawing them. KYC/AML is required to withdraw and there’s reasons why Brave isn’t doing this directly. It’s best for us and them to go through custodial partners, such as Uphold or Gemini. Back in June it was mentioned a new custodial partner was in the works, but they haven’t spoken on it since then. So no idea when or if that’s going…