Coinbase publishes a help page titled "Unable to send assets from a restricted account", which is the shape of the problem: the deposit arrives, and the restriction appears when you try to move. Coinbase does not publish what triggers it, so the useful work happens before the transfer — a check of the sending address returns a verdict with the reason named, free in the Telegram bot, three checks a day.
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Coinbase's help centre carries a page titled "Unable to send assets from a restricted account" — help.coinbase.com. We cite the page and its title, and describe nothing further, because nothing further is published in a form we can verify.
The absence is itself informative. Coinbase is a regulated, listed exchange operating under US and EU obligations; the existence of transfer restrictions is a certainty and the trigger list is not public. No page can tell you what Coinbase will flag. What every page can tell you honestly is that the origin of the funds you accept is the input you control, and that it is knowable before you send anything.
A check of the sending address names what that address has been tied to: sanctions designations, darknet markets, ransomware, scam and phishing clusters, mixers, drainer proceeds, stolen funds, no-KYC venues, mule networks. The result is a verdict — CLEAN, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, CRITICAL — with a recommendation of Proceed, Caution, Review or Reject and the decision drivers named in plain words.
For sanctions specifically the standard is public rather than platform-specific: OFAC treats a digital currency address as an identifier that can appear on the SDN List, defines the terms in FAQ 559 and sets out the blocking obligation on its virtual currency FAQ topic page. Anyone can confirm a designated name in OFAC's list search. A match there is not a preference call at any venue.
Screen on the network you are receiving — Base, Ethereum or Bitcoin. The lookup is read-only: no transaction, no fee, no notification.
| What you get | Free check in the Telegram bot | Workspace and API |
|---|---|---|
| Before a deposit | verdict on the sending address, reason named | every incoming address screened automatically |
| Sanctions | designation exposure named in the result | the same, across a whole deposit book |
| Volume | three checks a day | bulk lists, watchlists, continuous monitoring |
| Evidence | the result in the chat | a signed report you can forward with your explanation |
| Cost | free, no signup | from $199/mo — see pricing |
Retail users check a counterparty in the Telegram bot. A business taking customer deposits should screen every incoming address through the API and review exceptions in the workspace — see the exchange view.
Coinbase publishes a help page titled "Unable to send assets from a restricted account" but does not publish the triggers behind a restriction. Follow the instructions in the notice you received, answer it completely, and document where the funds came from.
Send it to the Telegram bot — three free checks a day, no signup. The verdict returns in seconds with the reason named, and the lookup is read-only: no transaction, no fee, no notification.
OFAC publishes digital currency addresses as identifiers of designated persons, and US persons are required to block the property of those persons. A match is not a judgement call — do not transact, and if you are a regulated business, follow your own reporting obligations. You can confirm a designation in OFAC's own list search.
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No, and while the restriction is active you generally cannot. Moving funds does not detach their history and makes the explanation harder. Respond to the request, document the source of funds, and let the review run.
No. The decision belongs to Coinbase and depends on controls it does not publish. What a check does is remove the avoidable exposure — the counterparty tied to a scam, a darknet market or a sanctioned entity — which is the part you would otherwise accept blind.
Send any wallet to the Telegram bot and get a verdict in seconds. Three checks a day, free, no signup. Desks that screen every deposit run it on plans from $199/mo.