Curaçao orders crypto casinos to screen wallets, ban mixers

The Curaçao Gaming Authority has published a crypto compliance guideline effective June 2026 that applies to all licensed online casinos and any group entity that handles cryptocurrency. The guideline requires operators to screen customer wallets, block mixers and sanctioned addresses immediately, and segregate player, operational and treasury wallets by June 2027.

The regulator set a phased timetable. Licensees must submit a compliant crypto policy through the CGA portal within three months. Within six months they must complete risk assessments, enhanced due diligence on virtual-asset service providers and staff training. By June 2027 operators must reach full technical compliance, including wallet segregation, blockchain-analytics tools, transaction reconciliation and audit-ready record-keeping. The CGA may demand faster remediation if it identifies significant risks.

Technical requirements include deploying automated blockchain-analytics capability, running wallet screening and transaction monitoring at both deposit and withdrawal, applying on-chain risk scoring and maintaining continuous monitoring. Operators are required to refuse funds from sanctioned wallets or mixing services immediately.

Operational limits are specific. Casinos may accept crypto only as a means to place bets and are prohibited from acting as exchanges, custodians or virtual-asset service providers. Personal or owner-linked wallets are banned from platform use. Player, operational and treasury wallets must be kept separate and reconciled for audit purposes.

The guideline sets token standards. Fiat-backed stablecoins are preferred. Privacy coins, meme tokens and wrapped assets with unclear provenance must be assessed and may be excluded. Licensees must also screen counterparties and service providers to reduce money-laundering risk.

CGA marketing and public relations advisor Aideen Shortt shared the guideline on LinkedIn. The document formalizes practices that were already conditions under the National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK), which took effect in December 2024. The LOK replaced the master-and-sub-license system with direct licensing and supervision by the CGA and folded crypto into the standard B2C licence rather than creating a separate crypto regime; the new guideline supplies detailed operational steps for meeting those obligations.

Curaçao previously attracted many crypto-native gambling operators under a framework with fewer controls on token origin and player location. The guideline specifies technical and governance measures operators must implement to comply with anti-money-laundering expectations and the regulator’s new licensing conditions.