The Great Curaçao Exodus: Why Crypto Casinos Are Moving to Anjouan
As Curaçao tightens its rules, hundreds of crypto-native platforms have migrated to Anjouan — a jurisdiction with no GGR tax, a flat licence fee, and an explicit welcome for Web3 features. Cheaper for operators, but weaker oversight for players.
Regulation has consequences, and one of them is jurisdiction shopping. As Curaçao rolls out banking-style oversight under its new regime, a growing number of crypto-native casinos have relocated their licensing to Anjouan — a small Comoros island that has become the crypto-gambling industry’s fastest-growing offshore hub.
Why operators are moving
Anjouan’s appeal is straightforward for operators: per industry reporting it levies no tax on gross gaming revenue, charges a flat licence fee (around €17,000), can approve a licence in as little as 2–4 weeks, and explicitly permits crypto wagering and Web3 features such as token staking — with no fiat requirement. Compared with Curaçao’s stricter, slower, more expensive new process, it’s a cheaper, lighter-touch home.
Why players should care
Here’s the catch: lighter regulation means weaker recourse. Anjouan’s oversight is thinner than even Curaçao’s, so a dispute over an unpaid withdrawal has fewer avenues to escalate. When a well-known operator leaves a stricter jurisdiction for a looser one, treat it as a downgrade in accountability — that’s exactly how we read BC.Game’s move from Curaçao to Anjouan in our review. A cheaper licence for the operator is not a better deal for you.
Before depositing at any casino, check its current licence and jurisdiction, and weigh a move to a weaker regulator as a real red flag. See our best Bitcoin casinos for operators with longer, dispute-free track records. General information, not legal advice.