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An Ethereum wallet check screens an ETH address for sanctions, mixer and stolen-fund exposure that could freeze an exchange deposit; Plastron checks Ethereum wallets free in seconds, no signup, with no custody of your funds.

Ethereum Wallet Check

Ethereum carries more sanctioned addresses than any other chain. See where your wallet stands.

Ethereum processes over a million transactions daily. Among those are interactions with sanctioned smart contracts, mixer deposits, and addresses tied to protocol exploits worth billions. The OFAC SDN list targets more Ethereum addresses than any other blockchain — Tornado Cash alone added dozens. If your wallet touched a flagged contract through a DEX aggregator or received tokens from a compromised address two hops back, your next centralized exchange deposit could trigger a freeze. Compliance teams at Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken run automated checks on every incoming ETH transfer. They see what you cannot: the full graph of your counterparty exposure. A single indirect link to a sanctioned entity is enough to lock your funds for months while their compliance department investigates. Plastron runs the same analysis they do, but puts it in your hands first.

How Plastron Helps

Full Ethereum Transaction Analysis

Plastron scans up to 1,000 of your most recent ETH transactions plus 1,000 ERC-20 token transfers. We map every counterparty, flag known entities from our database of 3,800+ addresses, and calculate exposure across six risk categories including sanctions, mixers, and stolen funds.

OFAC & Sanctions Matching

Your wallet is checked against the current OFAC SDN list — updated weekly — plus community threat intelligence from Forta, ethereum-lists, and CryptoScamDB. Direct hits surface immediately, and indirect exposure through your counterparties is scored by severity and recency.

Counterparty Risk Mapping

Every address you have sent to or received from is profiled. We show you the top counterparties by volume, their entity type, risk classification, and the direction of fund flow. The Sankey diagram visualizes your money trail so you can trace exactly where exposure originates.

Risk Categories We Screen

Sanctions
OFAC SDN, EU, and UN sanctioned addresses. Direct or indirect exposure flags your wallet instantly.
Mixer
Tornado Cash, Blender, and other mixing protocols. Interaction with these services is a major red flag.
Stolen Funds
Wallets linked to hacks, exploits, and bridge attacks. Even receiving a fraction taints your address.
Darknet
Addresses associated with darknet marketplaces. Any connection triggers heightened scrutiny at exchanges.
Fraud
Scam tokens, rug pulls, and pig-butchering schemes. The fastest-growing category of crypto crime.
Phishing
Known phishing wallets and address poisoning campaigns. These drain victims through deception.
81+
Ethereum addresses on OFAC SDN list
Source: US Treasury OFAC
$3.8B
Value locked in sanctioned ETH contracts
Source: Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Crime Report
1.1M
Daily Ethereum transactions
Source: Etherscan

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