A sanctions match can be name-based, entity-based, ownership-based, or address-based. Crypto screening also considers whether a listed person controls an address, whether exposure is direct or indirect, and whether funds touched services commonly used to obscure source or destination.
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What is Sanctions screening?
Sanctions screening is the process of checking customers, counterparties, wallet addresses, entities, and transactions against sanctions lists and related ownership or control rules. In crypto, it includes direct list matches and often address exposure analysis, because sanctioned actors may use new addresses, intermediaries, mixers, or services.