Yesterday they asked me for registration and then asked to pass KYC!
Can I ask if you live in the EU, the US, or somewhere else?
There have been a lot of reports on this forum and on Reddit of the same thing happening to other BitPay users, but the only response I could find from BitPay themselves (here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/kvujzq/fck_bitpay_use_coingate/gj0w8se/) was that it was in relation to EU AML laws. However, a lot of users in non-EU countries also seem to be experiencing the same problem.
Given how draconian they are about everything else, I would not be surprised if they just made KYC a blanket policy for all users to avoid people using VPNs/Tor to bypass IP restrictions.
And obligatory: Stop using BitPay!
I am outside of the EU. However I played with different IPs cleaning cookies every time.
It feels like some cut off moment came and now KYC is mandatory for everybody and for all amounts transacted.
BTCPay is the best alternative, unfortunately not all sites are capable to setup it I think. Plug&Play like Bitpay is easier. But as they grow they are forced to introduce mandatory KYC. I am not going to pass my data to Bitpay. If someone still knows about any holes in Bitpay's policy please write.