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I'm a lawyer, but I can't give legal advice here. See https://notlegaladvice.law/.

If you're interested in the issue, however, you might start by reading a little about "money transmitter" regulations. An early payments platform for open projects shut down at least partly on account of it. I suspect the concept of "perks" became widespread in part to differentiate fundraising platforms from money transmitters.



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