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Self-custodial wallet / non-custodial software

Publisher of software where users hold their own private keys. The publisher never holds, controls, or has access to user funds.

Examples: MetaMask wallet (Consensys) · Phantom · Rabby

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Questions this model answers

  • Does software publishing trigger VASP / MSB classification?
  • Do AML obligations attach when no custody exists?
  • What disclosure or consumer-protection rules apply?

No verdicts published yet for self-custodial wallet.

Curated verdicts are being added one jurisdiction at a time.

Each row links to the full structured verdict including AML obligations, key restrictions, key risks, and the underlying fact-by-fact evidence. The verdicts are a synthesis layer — they cite the existing regulatory facts, never restate them.