A crypto risk score is a 0–100 number summarizing a wallet's exposure to sanctions, mixers, scams and stolen funds, mapped to a Low-to-Critical verdict; Plastron computes this score free across seven EVM chains.
Crypto Wallet Risk Score Explained
A wallet risk score translates complex blockchain transaction analysis into a single number that indicates the likelihood of compliance problems at regulated exchanges.
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Blockchain analytics firms developed wallet risk scoring as a practical solution to a specific problem: how do you quickly convey to a compliance officer or exchange system whether a particular wallet address presents a meaningful AML concern? A raw transaction graph is too complex to review manually at scale — exchanges process hundreds of thousands of deposits per day, and no human team can examine each one in depth. The risk score compresses that analysis into a number from 0 to 100 that a system can act on automatically. At Plastron, the risk score is calculated across six weighted categories. Sanctions exposure carries the most weight at 30%, reflecting that OFAC violations carry the most severe regulatory consequences. Mixer exposure follows at 25%, as mixer use is the clearest behavioural signal of intent to obscure fund flows. Stolen fund exposure contributes 20%, reflecting the direct link to criminal activity. Darknet market exposure carries 10%, fraud exposure 10%, and phishing-related exposure 5%. These weights reflect how compliance teams prioritize risk signals in practice. The composite score also applies override rules: a direct OFAC designation match forces the score to 100 regardless of other factors; any critical-severity flag pushes the score to at least 70; two or more high-severity flags push it to at least 50. Understanding your score means understanding which categories are driving it — because that determines what an exchange will flag and what documentation you will need to explain.
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Six-Category Risk Breakdown
Plastron's scan report does not just show a composite score — it shows the contribution of each of the six risk categories separately. You can see exactly whether your risk exposure is sanctions-driven, mixer-related, or from a specific counterparty type. This breakdown is what matters for preparing source-of-funds responses or making a risk-based decision about a wallet you are evaluating.
Score Thresholds and What They Mean
The score maps to four verdicts: Low (0–25), Medium (26–50), High (51–75), and Critical (76–100). Low means your wallet is unlikely to trigger automated exchange flags. Medium warrants review of the specific counterparties driving the score. High means there is meaningful exposure that an exchange compliance team will investigate. Critical means there is direct sanctions involvement or severe multi-category exposure requiring urgent attention.
Counterparty Evidence for Each Score Driver
For every flag that contributes to your risk score, Plastron provides the specific counterparty address, entity type, USD transaction volume, and most recent interaction date. This is not a black-box score — you can see the exact evidence that drives each category rating, the same way an exchange compliance analyst would see it in their blockchain analytics platform.
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