Compliance, security, and the agent economy.
2025-06-10
Autonomous agents can now move money, but nobody is screening their counterparties against OFAC. Here is why that is a legal problem and how to fix it.
Read →2025-06-12
Know Your Agent (KYA) is the agent-era equivalent of KYC: verify the identity and trustworthiness of an AI counterparty before you transact with it.
Read →2025-06-14
x402 lets agents pay per-call in USDC. Here is how to keep those agent-to-agent payments compliant with OFAC sanctions screening.
Read →2026-06-29
How to add OFAC sanctions screening to agents built with OpenAI's Agents SDK.
Read →2026-06-15
Detailed breakdown of what happens financially, legally, and operationally when an AI agent pays an OFAC-sanctioned counterparty.
Read →2026-06-20
Step-by-step guide: screen any EVM, Bitcoin, Solana, or Tron wallet against the OFAC sanctions list before your agent signs a transaction.
Read →2026-07-01
Architecture pattern for combining x402 micropayments with OFAC sanctions screening in a single agent payment flow.
Read →2026-07-04
A practical 7-step checklist for deploying AI agents that handle money without exposing yourself to OFAC liability.
Read →2026-08-08
Stablecoins are the rails of agent payments — and OFAC enforcement has followed. The 2026 picture for USDC, USDT, issuers, and the agents that pay with them.
Read →2026-08-05
The honest buying guide for sanctions screening APIs: coverage, latency, the agent path, pricing, and the questions that separate tools from platforms.
Read →2026-08-01
The base civil penalty starts at $356,000 per violation. How the number works, what mitigates it, and why strict liability makes agents the riskiest surface.
Read →2026-07-28
Travel rule shares counterparty data between VASPs; sanctions screening checks who you may deal with. They are different obligations — and both belong in the stack.
Read →2026-07-25
Kraken paid $362,158, Bittrex $24.3M, Poloniex $7.6M. The documented OFAC settlements with crypto exchanges — and the screening gaps they share.
Read →2026-07-22
The emerging compliance standard for agents that pay: screen before sign, fail closed, audit everything. The 4-gate pattern becoming the baseline.
Read →2026-08-08
Tornado Cash, Blender, Sinbad — OFAC has designated crypto mixers since 2022. Why mixer addresses are on the wallet list, and what that means for agents.
Read →2026-08-06
The mechanics of sanctions screening: exact wallet matching, fuzzy name matching, jurisdiction checks, and the 100 ms decision path.
Read →2026-08-03
The MIT-licensed self-host option explained: when self-hosting screening is right, what it costs, and the list-freshness burden you take on.
Read →2026-07-30
Sanctions screening answers 'is this prohibited?' Risk scoring answers 'how risky is this?' The three signals that matter for agent payments.
Read →2026-08-08
EtherDelta ($450K), BitGo ($98K), BitPay ($507K) - the enforcement actions that defined DeFi, custody, and merchant payments. What each one teaches.
Read →2026-08-06
Secondary sanctions reach beyond US jurisdiction: foreign persons can be sanctioned for significant transactions with designated parties. What agents need to know.
Read →2026-08-08
An entity owned 50% or more by blocked persons is itself blocked — even if never listed. How the rule works, how it fails, and how to screen for it.
Read →2026-08-07
The post-block workflow: record, review, report. What OFAC expects within 10 days, and how the audit trail turns a block into evidence.
Read →2026-08-08
OFAC's Framework for Compliance Commitments: management commitment, risk assessment, internal controls, testing, and training. What each pillar means for agent deployments.
Read →2026-08-05
KYC verifies customers, KYB verifies businesses, KYA verifies agents. The three verification layers and where each runs in the stack.
Read →2026-08-08
Blocked assets are frozen pending OFAC action; seized assets are confiscated via forfeiture. The distinction that matters when your payment hits a block.
Read →2026-08-06
The match-response workflow: verify, decide, document, report. What to do in the minutes after screening flags a counterparty.
Read →2026-08-08
The documented evasion patterns: shell companies, mixers, geographic routing, and structering. What enforcement cases show and how screening closes each gap.
Read →2026-08-06
The designation mechanics: who gets designated, the legal authorities, what happens when a name lands on the list, and how the list grows.
Read →2026-08-08
A data-driven read of the OFAC enforcement record: settlement sizes, the screening gap, the crypto cases, and what the pattern means for agents.
Read →2026-08-05
The myths that get teams into trouble: 'it's just a list lookup', 'small payments don't matter', 'the rail handles it'. What the rules actually say.
Read →2026-08-08
DAO treasuries are on-chain payment paths - and the operators behind them carry sanctions exposure. What DAOs actually need to screen.
Read →2026-08-06
A Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) is any business that exchanges, transfers, or custodies virtual assets. The FATF definition and its compliance meaning.
Read →2026-08-08
Yes - through designation (the funds become blocked property), issuer controls, and exchange-level freezes. The mechanisms and what they mean for agents.
Read →2026-08-06
Marketplaces are payment hubs: buyers, sellers, and payouts all carry sanctions exposure. The BitPay precedent and the marketplace screening shape.
Read →2026-08-08
The Russia sanctions regime: EO 14024, the bank designations, the sectoral measures, and what the largest sanctions program means for screening.
Read →2026-08-05
The three compliance layers - identity (KYC), behavior (AML), prohibition (sanctions) - and how they fit together in one stack.
Read →2026-08-08
A designation blocks you; a settlement fines you. The distinction that explains why Binance is not on the SDN list despite paying $968M.
Read →2026-08-06
Putin, Lavrov, Abramovich, Deripaska - the designation cluster and the 50%-rule reach over their assets and entities.
Read →2026-08-08
The Wagner Group designation record: OFAC EO 14024, the State Department TCO designation, and what it means for counterparty screening.
Read →2026-08-06
The Global Magnitsky Act lets the US sanction human-rights abusers and corrupt officials worldwide - the authority behind many high-profile designations.
Read →2026-08-08
How blockchain analytics tools trace sanctioned fund flows, cluster wallets, and detect indirect OFAC exposure. A practical guide for compliance teams and AI agent developers.
Read →2026-08-08
A complete timeline of major OFAC crypto sanctions enforcement actions from 2020 to 2026, including penalties, designations, and key regulatory developments.
Read →2026-08-08
Voluntary self-disclosure of OFAC violations can reduce penalties by up to 50%. Learn when to disclose, the process, and real-world examples of VSD outcomes.
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