Frequently asked questions

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) enforces U.S. economic and trade sanctions aimed at national security threats, including terrorists and narcotics traffickers. Compliance with OFAC regulations is essential for web3 and crypto developers due to the global and decentralized nature of blockchain technology, which could inadvertently involve sanctioned parties.

CompliAPI aids compliance by providing access to crucial OFAC lists like the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), ensuring transactions do not involve prohibited entities.

Many crypto projects need to restrict access for US-based users until there is more regulatory clarity from the SEC and other agencies. At a more granular level, there may also be the need to limit access for New York State based users. CompliAPI makes it easy to geolocate a requesting client (call the API from your Dapp) or supply any IP address you'd like to geolocate.

To verify whether an entity is on a sanctions list, you can use:

• Bitcoin address
• Ethereum address
• Stellar address
• Other blockchain addresses
• Email
• Website
• Passport number
• Driver's license
• Other government issued identifiers
• Tax identifiers

For geo lookups, you can supply an IP address or simply call the API directly and we will geolocate the source of the request.

Yes. Alongside the REST API, CompliAPI ships an MCP server that exposes every screening endpoint as a tool, so AI agents and assistants can run sanctions checks with the same API token and audit trail.

We love to hear from our customers, whether you're getting your initial integrations working, you have questions about our product roadmap or want to see a specific feature added to the API, drop us a line, we're here to help.