Sanctioned Countries and Individuals: BitPay is a U.S.-based company that complies with all mandated federal and local regulations. U.S. companies are prohibited from engaging economically or by trade with persons or businesses based in countries that are under trade and economic sanctions set forth by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). You can view an updated list of OFAC sanctions on the OFAC site. BitPay also complies with the sanctions programs of the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Unsupported Countries/Territories: BitPay does not service merchants or users residing in certain countries and territories, based on specific criteria and applicable laws and regulations.
Our current list of sanctioned countries or territories is:
- Belarus
- Congo (Republic of the Congo)
- Cuba
- Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Liberia
- Myanmar
- North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
- Sudan
- Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)
- Zimbabwe
Our current list of unsupported countries or territories is:
- Algeria
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Cambodia
- Cayman Islands
- China
- Croatia
- Egypt
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Palestine (Palestinian Territory, Occupied)
- Serbia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea (Republic of Korea)
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) **
- Vietnam
** Shoppers from U.A.E. may transact on our platform, but we are unable to support merchants from U.A.E. at this time.
This is not an exhaustive list of countries we do not support and it may change from time to time at our discretion. We may also in our discretion choose not to support a country or territory regardless of whether they are on this list.
Additionally, there are state-specific limitations in the United States. To view those restrictions, please navigate to this support article: Where in the United States are BitPay Services Available?
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