# Regulatory Custody After Provider Failure **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Insolvency / Regulation **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Established regulatory pattern / continuity bridge ## Definition **Regulatory Custody After Provider Failure** is transfer of protected customer assets, records, or claims into regulator-supervised custody when a private operator cannot perform. ## Continuity Significance It is a direct precursor to Continuity Receivership and provider-of-last-resort architecture. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Malta gaming provides concrete cases in which player balances become regulator-administered claims after provider failure. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Regulator custody of money does not establish custody of a person. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Malta Player Funds and Regulatory Custody|Malta Player Funds and Regulatory Custody]] · [[wiki/Continuity Receivership|Continuity Receivership]] · [[wiki/Successor Custodian|Successor Custodian]] · [[wiki/Beneficiary State Continuity|Beneficiary State Continuity]] ## Sources / Provenance - https://www.mga.org.mt/faqs/how-are-player-funds-protected/