Kraken publishes that accounts are restricted for security and regulatory compliance reasons — suspicious activity, chargebacks, incomplete verification — and that the way through is to respond to support requests and complete additional verification. It also publishes a page on deposits and withdrawals placed on hold. Screening the address that pays you, before the transfer, is the part you control. Free in the Telegram bot, three checks a day.
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Kraken's support article on restrictions states the reasons plainly: accounts are restricted for security and regulatory compliance, including suspicious activity, chargebacks and incomplete verification, and the resolution is to respond to support requests and complete any additional verification asked for — why is my account restricted. A separate article covers deposits and withdrawals placed on hold — why is my deposit or withdrawal on hold.
Notice what Kraken does say and what it does not. It names categories — suspicious activity, chargebacks, incomplete verification — and it names the remedy, which is engagement rather than avoidance. It does not publish thresholds, and no honest page can supply them.
Two of the three named categories are entirely within your control: verification is paperwork you can complete in advance, and "suspicious activity" starts, more often than not, with funds that arrived from somewhere you never looked at.
A check of the sending address names its exposure: sanctions designations, darknet markets, ransomware, scam and phishing clusters, mixers, drainer proceeds, stolen funds, no-KYC exchanges, 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.
Kraken is a common settlement venue for OTC desks and treasuries, where a single incoming transfer can be the whole week's flow. In that setting the check is not an extra step; it is the record that explains, later, why the desk accepted the funds. Screen on the network the settlement uses — Bitcoin, Ethereum or the chain page that matches.
The lookup is read-only: no transaction, no fee, no notification to the address owner.
| What you get | Free check in the Telegram bot | Workspace and API |
|---|---|---|
| Before a settlement | verdict on the sending address, reason named | every incoming address screened automatically |
| Speed | seconds, in chat | seconds, or one API call in your settlement flow |
| Volume | three checks a day | bulk lists, watchlists, continuous monitoring |
| Evidence | the result in the chat | a signed report for the deal file |
| Cost | free, no signup | from $199/mo — see pricing |
An individual checks a counterparty in the Telegram bot. A desk settling through Kraken screens every incoming address with the API, keeps the evidence in the workspace, and works the way OTC desks do.
Kraken says restrictions are applied for security and regulatory compliance reasons, including suspicious activity, chargebacks and incomplete verification. The published remedy is to respond to support requests and complete any additional verification requested.
Kraken publishes a separate article on deposits and withdrawals placed on hold. It does not publish the thresholds behind a hold. In practice the fastest route is to answer the support request completely and to be able to show where the funds came from.
Send it to the Telegram bot — three free checks a day, no signup. The verdict comes back in seconds with the reason named, and nothing is broadcast on chain.
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The counterparty address and the dated screening result with the reason named, the deal or invoice reference, the transaction hashes, and the identity record for the counterparty. That is the file that answers a question raised months later, when nobody remembers the trade.
No. Moving funds does not detach their history, is visible to anyone screening the chain, and lengthens the review. Respond to support, complete the verification and document the source of the funds.
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.