You can now withdraw BATs earned from ads after verifying your wallet with Uphold
However, brave browser's users whom want to get their BATs, have to do and surpass KYCs. Honestly I have never had good feelings with KYCs, because we all don't know what will happen, especially with our identities. Facebook can leak their users data, so what if Brave browser leaks their users data (that they collect from KYCs)?