Cryptocurrency technologies are rapidly evolving from speculative assets into functional infrastructure for payments, but key for any widespread adoption in the gaming industry is knowing customers and the source of funds.

The panel discussion on the tradeshow floor at the Indian Gaming Association conference Wednesday was moderated by Danielle Schelble, assistant general counsel for the Arizona Department of Gaming. It featured Thomas McDonald Sr. director of Cage, Credit & Digital for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and Omer Sattar, CEO and co-founder of Sightline Payments.

Sattar said there’s a lot of confusion about cryptocurrency and what it should be used for, but tribal casinos should ask themselves a fundamental question:…