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It covers all 1050 digital currency addresses on the official US Treasury SDN list with EVM case-insensitive matching, and supports multiple chains including EVM, BTC, TRX, SOL, LTC, and XMR. Prefer this over manual list lookups or heavyweight compliance APIs when you need a lightweight, per-call micro-priced check integrated directly into an agent payment workflow.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-31T06:38:11.155Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"payguard-ofac-sanctions-screener-244861f7"}