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How to Check If Your Wallet Is Exposed to Lazarus Group (North Korea) Crypto
How to check whether your wallet has any link to Lazarus Group or other North Korea-attributed funds, and what a regulated exchange does when it finds one.
How To · 2026-06-16 · 8 min readHow to Check if a Crypto Address Is a Scam Before You Send
A crypto transfer is final the second it confirms. Here is how to check a recipient address against scam, sanctions, and stolen-funds databases before you send.
Tornado Cash · 2026-06-16 · 6 min readTornado Cash Was Delisted in 2025 - Does It Still Flag Your Wallet?
OFAC delisted Tornado Cash in March 2025, but exchange risk engines still flag wallets with mixer exposure. Here is why, and how to screen your address before you deposit.
AML · 2026-06-15 · 6 min readDirect vs Indirect Exposure in a Crypto Wallet Risk Score
A wallet can score as risky with no flagged counterparties of its own. The reason is indirect exposure - tainted value that reached you through intermediate hops. Here is how risk scores separate direct from indirect exposure, and why the difference decides whether a score is a real problem.
AML · 2026-06-15 · 5 min readI Paid a Ransomware Demand in Bitcoin - Am I Liable Under OFAC?
Paying a ransomware demand in Bitcoin can become a sanctions violation, not just a commercial loss. Many ransomware groups and their wallets sit on the OFAC SDN list, and because liability is strict you can be penalised without knowing. Here is how the rule works and how to screen an address before you pay.
AML · 2026-06-14 · 6 min readDoes Using a VPN Get Your Crypto Exchange Account Flagged?
A VPN by itself rarely flags your account, yet paired with a new device, a new region, or a large withdrawal it can trip an exchange's risk engine. What actually triggers the flag, what it can never touch, and how to keep a privacy habit from looking like an attack.
AML · 2026-06-14 · 6 min readHow Far Back Do Crypto Exchanges Check Your Transaction History?
There is no 90-day cutoff on-chain. Exchanges trace a deposit back to its source through every hop, and a clean deposit can be re-flagged years later when a past counterparty is linked to crime. Here is how far back the check really goes - and how to see it first.
AML · 2026-06-13 · 6 min readIs Crypto From a Bitcoin ATM Flagged by Exchanges?
Buying crypto at a kiosk is legal, yet the deposit can still land under review. Why Bitcoin ATM funds score as high-risk, what your exchange sees, and how to keep a clean purchase from being held.
Wallet Screening · 2026-06-13 · 7 min readWallet Flagged as High-Risk? How to Dispute a False Positive
A high-risk flag is a probability, not a verdict - and it is often wrong. How to tell a false positive from a real risk, and the exact steps to get an incorrect wallet flag reversed.
Ethereum · 2026-06-12 · 6 min readCan Mixed Crypto Be Traced Back to You?
Mixing raises the cost of tracing but rarely deletes the trail. How timing, amounts, and address reuse de-anonymize mixed funds - and why mixed coins still flag your wallet.