Danger
Child Exploitation
Entities associated with child exploitation.
Dark Market
Coins associated with illegal activities.
Dark Service
Coins related to child abuse, terrorist financing or drug
trafficking.
trafficking.
Enforcement action
The entity is subject to legal proceedings with the judicial
authorities.
authorities.
Fraudulent Exchange
Exchanges involved in exit scams, illegal behavior, or whose
funds have been confiscated by government authorities.
funds have been confiscated by government authorities.
Gambling
Coins associated with unlicensed online games
Illegal Service
Coins associated with illegal activities.
Mixer
Coins that passed via a mixer to make tracking difficult or
impossible. Mixers are mainly used for money laundering.
impossible. Mixers are mainly used for money laundering.
Ransom
Coins obtained by extortion or blackmail.
Sanctions
Entities subject to sanctions.
Scam
Coins that were obtained by deception.
Stolen Coins
Coins obtained by stealing someone else's cryptocurrency.
Terrorism Financing
Entities associated with terrorism financing.
Suspicious sources
ATM
Coins obtained via cryptocurrency ATM operator.
Exchange | High Risk
An entity becomes high-risk based on the following criteria:
No KYC: does not require any customer
information before allowing any level of
deposit/withdrawal, or makes no attempt to
verify that information.
information before allowing any level of
deposit/withdrawal, or makes no attempt to
verify that information.
Criminal Ties: Criminal charges against the legal entity in connection with AML/CFT
violations.
violations.
Impact: High exposure to risky
services such as darknet markets, other high-risk
exchanges, or mixing is defined as a
service whose direct high-risk exposure differs by
one standard deviation from the average of all identified exchanges over a 12-month
period.
services such as darknet markets, other high-risk
exchanges, or mixing is defined as a
service whose direct high-risk exposure differs by
one standard deviation from the average of all identified exchanges over a 12-month
period.
Jurisdiction: based in a jurisdiction with weak AML/CFT measures.
Unlicensed: does not have any specific license to trade cryptocurrencies.
P2P Exchange | High Risk
The entity does not have any special license to conduct and provide cryptocurrency
exchange services, when participants exchange directly with each other, without
intermediaries.
exchange services, when participants exchange directly with each other, without
intermediaries.
It also includes entities that are licensed but located in listed jurisdictions, are listed as
non-cooperating companies by the FATF, or do not provide KYC for large-value
transactions, making them attractive for money laundering.
non-cooperating companies by the FATF, or do not provide KYC for large-value
transactions, making them attractive for money laundering.
Unnamed Service
The category refers to currently unidentified clusters that exhibit the behavior expected
of a service, by a large number of addresses and transactions.
of a service, by a large number of addresses and transactions.
Trusted sources
Exchange
The organization allows users to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies with trading
licenses that include the following aspects of services:
—Depository, brokerage or other related financial services that provide exchange
services where participants interact with a central party.
licenses that include the following aspects of services:
—Depository, brokerage or other related financial services that provide exchange
services where participants interact with a central party.
And it does not include:
— Licenses for non-specific financial services and jurisdictions included in the FATF
non-cooperative list.
— Licenses for non-specific financial services and jurisdictions included in the FATF
non-cooperative list.
They represent the most important and most used category of entities in the
cryptocurrency industry, accounting for 90% of all funds sent via these services.
cryptocurrency industry, accounting for 90% of all funds sent via these services.
ICO
The organization that crowdfunds its project by selling their newly minted
cryptocurrency to investors in exchange for fiat currency or more common
cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether.
cryptocurrency to investors in exchange for fiat currency or more common
cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether.
There are many legitimate examples of these offerings, but also there are many cases
where bad actors raise funds via ICOs, then they take the money and disappear.
where bad actors raise funds via ICOs, then they take the money and disappear.
Marketplace
There are many legitimate examples of these offerings, but also there are many cases
where bad actors raise funds via ICOs, then they take the money and disappear.
where bad actors raise funds via ICOs, then they take the money and disappear.
Merchant Services
The entity that allows businesses to accept payments from their customers, also known
as payment gateways or payment processors.
as payment gateways or payment processors.
It often faciliates conversions to local fiat currency and transferring the funds into the
merchant's bank account.
merchant's bank account.
Miner
Coins mined by miners and not forwarded yet.
Other
Coins obtained through airdrops, token sales or other means.
P2P Exchange
The entity is licensed to conduct a business that is specific to providing cryptocurrency
exchange services where participants exchange directly with each other, without
intermediaries.
exchange services where participants exchange directly with each other, without
intermediaries.
It does not include non-specific financial services licenses and jurisdictions that are on
the non-cooperative FATF list.
the non-cooperative FATF list.
Payment Processor
Coins related to payment services.
Seized Assets
Crypto assets seized by the government.
Wallet
Online Wallet is a service used for storing and transacting cryptocurrency. Hosted
wallets, a type of online wallet, are custodial solutions where the service holds the
user's private keys, posing potential risks of scams or insufficient security, though
reputable providers may offer better security than non-expert individuals.
wallets, a type of online wallet, are custodial solutions where the service holds the
user's private keys, posing potential risks of scams or insufficient security, though
reputable providers may offer better security than non-expert individuals.
Be Careful!
The presence of Dark Market,
Dark Service, Illegal Service is a
bad sign.
Dark Service, Illegal Service is a
bad sign.
We recommend conducting
additional investigations not to
lose your funds due to blocking.
additional investigations not to
lose your funds due to blocking.
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