Whether this coin clears the published standards, and the filings behind that answer. The screen runs first and nothing on the trading side can override it.
Structure, momentum, positioning and levels. Separate from the Sharia verdict above, which this side never overrides.
A coin files no financial statements, so the debt, receivables and interest-income ratios we run on companies cannot be computed for PTB. Its verdict is our own, from the crypto standards set out in full further down this page.
Trade setup
Whether the technical picture shows an edge right now. Separate from the Sharia verdict, which this side never overrides.
Portal to Bitcoin (PTB) is currently marked questionable - not a clean pass or a confirmed fail, per our own multi-standard crypto screen. Our full reasoning, the standards behind it and the facts it rests on are below.
🕌 In-house Compliance Research
A coin files no financial statements, so the debt, receivables and interest-income ratios we run on companies cannot be computed for PTB. Its verdict is our own, from the crypto standards set out in full further down this page.
What changed, and when
Verdict history for PTB. Nothing has been recorded for it yet.
ℹ️ Coin verdicts are not change-tracked yet. An empty history here means nothing has been recorded, not that nothing has moved.
Our Sharia Verdict
The standards we screen on do not agree about this asset.
4 of 6 permit it; 2 do not. We report that as unsettled rather than picking a side for you.
- Pays the holder interest no Riba. A return paid for holding, whatever it is called.
- Primary use is prohibited no Gambling, adult content or conventional lending as the main use.
- A derivative or leveraged no Leverage, perpetuals or synthetic exposure rather than the asset.
- Has a real function yes Manfa'ah — the token does something besides exist to be traded.
- Governance is transparent not established An open protocol and an identifiable process behind decisions.
- Wrapped token representing underlying Bitcoin
- Bitcoin functions as a payment/transfer network
- No stated return mechanism for holders
Independently corroborated. 2 separate models read this coin and agreed on every fact the verdict turns on.
Not established: transparent governance. Our verdict does not assume anything about these — where they would change the answer, we say so rather than guessing.
Fiqh Council of North America (currency treatment) QUESTIONABLE
The Council's ruling is Bitcoin-specific and says other coins need separate examination; this is not a currency-like asset, so its name is not attached to a pass here.
Fiqh Council of North America, “Regarding the Islamic Ruling on Bitcoins” — default permissibility; treated as fiat currency, so all riba rulings and bai’ al-sarf apply
AMJA (permissible absent clear prohibition) COMPLIANT
No clear evidence of prohibition: no riba, no impermissible underlying activity, and a real function.
Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America — Dr. Salah Al-Sawy (Secretary General) and Dr. Yasir Qadhi: transactions are permissible unless clear evidence prohibits them
SC Malaysia SAC (digital assets as mal) QUESTIONABLE
This standard requires transparent governance to be established, and we could not establish it. An unestablished requirement is not a satisfied one, so this reads as unresolved rather than as a pass.
Securities Commission Malaysia, Shariah Advisory Council, 233rd-234th meetings, June-July 2020
Amanah Advisors layered screen (project / token / staking) COMPLIANT
Project, token and reward layers all pass.
Amanah Advisors, Crypto Shariah Screening Framework (Mufti Faraz Adam)
Amanie Advisors (staking as a service fee) COMPLIANT
A real function, and no interest-derived return.
Amanie Advisors (Dr. Daud Bakar) — Shariah certification of Ethereum staking; validation treated as a real service rendered to the network rather than a return on capital
AAOIFI riba principles (adapted to token returns) COMPLIANT
No interest-derived return to the holder.
AAOIFI Shariah Standards - riba and non-permissible income, applied to the token's return mechanism (no dedicated crypto standard exists)
Restrictive position (gharar / no intrinsic backing) QUESTIONABLE
Represents a claim on an identifiable off-chain asset rather than a free-floating digital token.
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (crypto trading and investment impermissible); Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah (Egypt, 2018); Diyanet Isleri Baskanligi (Turkey, 2017)
The restrictive position above is shown but excluded from our own verdict: it rejects most digital assets including Bitcoin on gharar alone, so letting it decide would mark nearly everything non-compliant — which is neither our conclusion nor a defensible reading of the evidence. Hiding it would be worse.
This is our own screening verdict, reached by applying each named standard ourselves to the facts above, last established 2026-08-29. Research, not a fatwa — for a decision that binds you, ask a scholar you trust.
About Portal to Bitcoin
Portal To Bitcoin (PTB) is a cryptocurrency designed to facilitate seamless access and interaction with the Bitcoin ecosystem. It aims to bridge the gap between traditional finance and the digital currency world. Source: CoinPaprika.com
Ethereum (ETH) Token (ERC-20)
Background via CoinPaprika — informational, not part of the verdict.
SMC — Top Down
Market structure by timeframe, read from real bars. A bias per timeframe rather than a forecast — timeframes disagreeing is information, not noise.
The market-structure read is still being computed — it runs in the background rather than holding this page up. Reload in a moment and it will be here.
Peer Movement
How the rest of the sector moved over the same window. Context for a price move, never a cause of one.
Peer movement computing — it will appear here on its own.
Before you act on this
The questions worth asking about any verdict on this page, answered plainly.
Why is crypto screened differently?
The ratio screen needs a balance sheet. A coin has neither filings nor a debt figure, so the same test cannot run. Compliance turns instead on what the token actually is and does.
What makes a coin non-compliant here?
Most commonly, the token is a claim on interest: a lending protocol, a yield-bearing stablecoin, or a product whose return comes from lending at interest rather than from work performed.
Is a compliant verdict permanent?
No. A protocol can add a lending product or change what its token does. Any verdict that moves is recorded, and a verdict that has not moved is reported as such rather than assumed.
Is the scholarly debate resolved?
Not on every coin. Where real disagreement exists, HTR records both positions instead of picking one. This is a research tool; a ruling for your own holding should come from a qualified scholar.
Open research, not a fatwa. HTR applies published screening standards to filings and publishes what they say, including when they disagree. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Verdicts can change when new filings land.
Compare with
Same screen, different answers. Comparison is where the standards disagreeing becomes useful rather than confusing.
Peer screening computing — it will appear here on its own.
AI Summary
Plain-language summary of the evidence already on this page — the Sharia screen, structure, momentum, and order flow above. It explains the read; it doesn't make the call. Generated on demand (a live AI call), never run automatically.