OFAC screening for tokenized real-world assets
Tokenized real estate, commodities, and securities are subject to OFAC just like any other tokenized asset.
TL;DR
TL;DR: Tokenized real-world assets such as real estate, commodities, and securities are subject to OFAC just like any other tokenized asset, so every transfer must be screened.
Why RWAs are not exempt
Tokenization changes the form of an asset, not the compliance substance. A transfer of a tokenized asset to a blocked party is still a transfer to a blocked party, whether the token represents a property, a commodity, or a security.
What to screen
- Buyer and seller wallet addresses against 947 OFAC-listed crypto wallets.
- Names against 19,218 SDN names.
- Jurisdiction across 16 tracked regions.
- Every transfer and secondary trade.
Practical guidance
Screen before settlement on each transfer. sanctionsai.dev returns clean equals ALLOW and flagged equals BLOCK in under 100 ms, and records a STAMP so each clean transfer is documented.