About Is Flagged?
Is Flagged? is a free service that checks a crypto address against AML databases before money changes hands. It asks the same databases exchanges screen deposits with: Binance AML, AMLBot, PureFi, and TRM Labs. The service is independent and not affiliated with any of these companies.
The service grew out of a deposit that got stuck in review. Free tools saw nothing wrong with the sender’s address, yet the service receiving the money declined the transfer. There was nowhere to learn about that risk in advance, so we built a check that asks the same databases the exchanges do.
By the Is Flagged? editorial team · updated October 4, 2026
Where do the check results come from?
We ask every network on an address 10 times in a row and show what the databases answered: they declined the address, passed it, or didn’t reply. One refusal is enough for a network to decline the address. We add no flags of our own and put no risk score on top of what the databases said.
We keep a constant watch on the check itself: a separate monitor tests every supported network against addresses known to be flagged and addresses known to be fresh. If a network stops answering the way it should, it drops out of the check until it recovers, and you see “Could not check” instead of a false green result.
What doesn’t the service promise?
- a result describes the moment of the check, and databases update every day
- the exchange always makes the deposit decision, under its own rules
- we can’t see why an address was flagged, and we can’t lift a freeze at an exchange
- the service gives no legal or financial advice
The terms of use go into this in detail.
Who writes the site, and how?
The Is Flagged? editorial team writes and reviews the copy. Each statement about how the check works is compared against what the bot actually does, and the figures on the site come from the bot’s settings instead of being typed by hand. When the bot changes, the copy changes with it, and a page’s update date comes from its edit history.
We never call a result “clean” or “safe”, never promise how a deposit will go, and give no advice on getting around a check. When we find a mistake, we fix it, and the page’s update date moves with the fix.