Plastron Blog
Guides on wallet screening, AML and KYT risk, and exchange deposit safety.
What Is a PEP, and Why Doesn't It Mean Your Wallet Is Flagged?
A politically exposed person gets enhanced due diligence from crypto exchanges because of corruption risk, not wrongdoing - and that identity check is separate from whether a wallet address itself carries exposure.
AML · 2026-10-15 · 6 min readCrypto Deposit Rejected? Run This Checklist Before You Resend
Why exchanges reject and return crypto deposits, and the checklist to run before you send from a wallet they haven't seen before.
AML · 2026-10-14 · 6 min readCan a Crypto Exchange Freeze Your Account and Never Tell You Why?
Your account is frozen, support went quiet, and the exchange will not say which rule you tripped. Here is why that silence is policy, not a glitch.
Comparison · 2026-10-13 · 7 min readCEX vs DEX: One Can Freeze Your Wallet, One Can't See It
Custody decides who can actually screen a wallet. Here is why a CEX can freeze funds at four checkpoints, a DEX protocol has none, and some DEX front ends screen anyway.
Mixers · 2026-10-12 · 5 min readFinCEN Just Withdrew Its Crypto Mixer Rule. Here's What Didn't Change
Two proposed rules are gone. Every obligation that was already in force, from SAR filing to the Travel Rule, stayed exactly where it was.
Sanctions · 2026-10-11 · 5 min readIs Ethereum Still Censoring OFAC-Sanctioned Wallets in 2026?
Ethereum's protocol never filters sanctioned addresses. The relay market underneath it still does, just a lot less than it used to.
Wallet Security · 2026-10-10 · 6 min read77 Firefox Wallet Extensions Were Stealing Seed Phrases
Socket found 77 Firefox extensions built to steal crypto seed phrases, months after a Trust Wallet extension hack drained millions. Here's what to check.
Sanctions · 2026-10-09 · 4 min readCan OFAC Sanction an Entire Industry Over Crypto Ties to Iran?
Treasury's Operation Economic Outcast didn't just add names to the OFAC list - it made Iran's entire digital asset sector sanctionable under E.O. 13902. Here's what that means for a wallet that was never directly designated.
escrow · 2026-10-08 · 6 min readCrypto Escrow Checklist: 7 Checks Before You Trust a Third Party
A 7-step checklist for anyone using crypto escrow in a peer-to-peer trade, NFT sale, or OTC deal: screen the escrow wallet before you send a single coin.
AML · 2026-10-07 · 4 min readWhy OKX Just Started Freezing Gambling-Linked Crypto Deposits
OKX's CEO confirmed on September 2, 2026 that deposits tied to gambling platforms can trigger a 15-day-or-longer AML review. Here's what actually gets flagged, what OKX's $504 million DOJ settlement has to do with it, and how to check a wallet before you deposit instead of after.