Who can buy PreStocks? Restricted countries, KYC and eligibility

The short answer

You may use PreStocks if you're at least 18 (or of legal age to contract where you live, if higher), you're not a U.S. person, you're not in or from a prohibited jurisdiction, and you're not on a sanctions list.^[1][2] Anyone else is a “Restricted Person” under the terms.^[1]

The prohibited jurisdictions

Under the terms updated on 8 September 2026, the services may not be used by anyone who is a citizen or resident of, incorporated in, or physically located in:^[1]

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Belarus
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• British Virgin Islands
• Central African Republic
• China (Mainland)
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cuba
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Kosovo
• Lebanon
• Liberia
• Libya
• Mali
• Montenegro
• Myanmar (Burma)
• Nicaragua
• North Korea
• Panama
• Russia
• Serbia
• Singapore
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Syria
• Ukraine (incl. Crimea)
• United States
• Venezuela
• Yemen
• Zimbabwe

…plus any jurisdiction under OFAC, UN, UK or EU sanctions, and anywhere offering PreStocks would be unlawful or need a licence PreStocks doesn't hold. PreStocks may add countries at any time without notice.^[1]

Why the U.S. is excluded

PreStocks issues its tokens under Regulation S, the SEC framework for offerings made outside the United States, and describes them as available only to eligible non-U.S. users.^[3] The terms say every transfer through its services is a secondary transfer made outside the U.S., not a primary offering to U.S. persons.^[1] Its founder has contrasted this with U.S. crowdfunding rules, which cap investments and lock them up for a year.^[4]

Do you need KYC?

Not to trade. PreStocks' FAQ says buying and selling on-chain in DeFi, peer to peer, doesn't require KYC.^[2] Minting and redemption are different: PreStocks said in May 2026 that both require eligibility verification and KYC,^[3] and the terms make redemption subject to eligibility, verification and documentation.^[1] Conversions after an IPO are on-chain swaps and need no KYC.^[2]

What the website checks

prestocks.com checks your jurisdiction when you visit. Where PreStocks isn't available, a company page greys out its Get button and says it's not available in your jurisdiction due to regulatory restrictions.^[5] The terms say PreStocks may use IP-based geofencing, DNS filtering and other measures, and that a gap in those controls doesn't make access permissible.^[1]

Holding a token you got elsewhere

The terms apply to anyone who acquires, holds, transfers or trades a PreStocks token, however and from whomever they got it.^[1] Receiving one as a memecoin reward or through another app doesn't change who is eligible.