Request Network Review

The architecture is sound: non-custodial settlement means funds go wallet-to-wallet and the protocol never holds them, payments are irreversible so there are no chargebacks, and Hypernative screens the player's wallet before the transaction is signed to block sanctioned or high-risk funds. The caveat is maturity, not design. It holds no payment license, AML responsibility sits with the operator, and the iGaming product launched June 1, 2026 with no named casino clients. Safe in the technical sense, unproven in the operational sense.

The documented protocol fee is 0.05% (5 basis points), capped at roughly $25 or EUR25 per payment, usually paid by the player. On a $50,000 deposit that is about $25, not a percentage. No setup fee, no monthly fee, no minimum volume, and no rolling reserve because the model is non-custodial. The homepage advertises '0.25% starting fee,' but that is a marketing ceiling versus cards and other crypto processors, not the documented rate. Confirm which figure applies before you model costs. Cross-chain swap fees (via Li.Fi) are paid by the player; the crypto-to-fiat off-ramp fee is not published.

Yes. Payouts are on-chain sends, so withdrawals confirm in the target chain's block time, seconds to a couple of minutes, with no processor-imposed hold because nothing is held in custody. Batch payouts handle up to ~200 recipients in a single EVM transaction (Tron is one recipient per call). Recurring payouts are supported via signed permissions. There is no settlement delay since the operator pays out from its own wallet.

All of them, in principle. Stablecoins move on-chain, so any player with a wallet can deposit regardless of country, and there is no allowlist. There are also no local fiat methods, so a player who wants Pix in Brazil or UPI in India needs a separate provider. Practical limits come from the operator's own KYC and the Hypernative wallet screening, which blocks sanctioned and high-risk addresses, rather than from geo-blocking. The optional crypto-to-fiat off-ramp is KYC-gated and likely carries its own country restrictions.

For crypto deposits, hours to a day. It is self-serve: generate an API key, create a payment, handle the webhook. The hosted secure payment page can be live with a single link. The open-source SDK is the lower-level route. There are no turnkey iGaming platform connectors (no SoftSwiss or Slotegrator module), so platform operators integrate via the REST API directly. The crypto-to-fiat off-ramp and full production access require a manual approval and KYB step.

It is stablecoin-first across 7 chains: Ethereum, BNB, Tron, Base, Polygon, Arbitrum and Optimism. USDT and USDC are the headline stablecoins, and the marketing claims reach to about 95% of the global stablecoin supply through one integration. A player can pay from one chain and token and the operator receives a different chain and token, with bridging and swapping handled automatically. No exact coin count is published for the deposit page; the broader protocol token list runs to 500+ tokens.

No, and the distinction matters. Request Network is the open-source, non-custodial payment protocol run by the Swiss Request Network Foundation, and it powers the iGaming crypto-deposit product. Request Finance is a separate B2B company that builds crypto invoicing, payroll and accounting software on top of the protocol. They share founders and the REQ token but are different entities. This profile covers the protocol, not the invoicing app.

Different bets. NOWPayments wins on coin breadth (350+) and is proven, with reviews and clients. CoinsPaid is iGaming-first with a SoftSwiss integration and an Estonian license. Request Network is the cheapest on paper (0.05% capped vs 0.5-0.8%), non-custodial, and the only one screening wallets before settlement rather than after. But it is also the least proven: no named operators, no reviews, no platform connectors. Pick Request for the architecture and price; pick NOWPayments or CoinsPaid if you need a track record today.