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Cryptocurrency payment gateway and wallet supporting over 100 digital currencies

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A community volunteer submitted a support ticket on CoinPayments' website at coinpayments.net titled "Request to Enable Service Access in Syria." The ticket requested a review of the current restriction and asked for confirmation on whether Syria can be onboarded and supported on the platform. The t...

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Community testing confirmed that CoinPayments is blocked in Syria. Accessing the CoinPayments Legacy login page from a Syrian IP displays an explicit error: "YOU ARE IN A BLOCKED JURISDICTION" with a message stating services are unavailable due to the user being in an embargoed country. The geo-bloc...

Work at CoinPayments? Know someone who does?

You can help change this. Syria's political situation has changed—all sanctions have been lifted. Many companies just haven't updated their policies yet. If you work at CoinPayments or know someone who does, share our resources with their legal or compliance team. Sometimes all it takes is one person asking the right question.

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Tips for advocating: Reach out to legal, compliance, or policy teams. Reference the lifted sanctions. Point to competitors who have already unblocked Syria. Every voice matters.

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