Payment Hold

YouTube ad money is paid through AdSense, so holds are applied and cleared there and never in Studio. The usual causes are a tax form that is missing or out of date, an unverified address, an unconfirmed payment method, or a review of traffic flagged as invalid. Earnings keep accruing the whole time, so the money is delayed and not cancelled. One thing gets confused with it constantly. A balance sitting below the payment threshold looks identical from the outside, and checking your tax forms will not release it, because nothing is being held.