As part of the obligations of PDAX to prevent fraud and money laundering risks, we have filtered jurisdictions that are categorized as high risk by several enforcement agencies such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC).
We’ve also filtered jurisdictions where cryptocurrencies are not allowed or countries with local government restrictions against using and trading cryptocurrencies:
**legend: (Y) - Yes; blank - unsupported
Country |
ISO Region Code 3166-alpha-2 |
ISO Region Code 3166-alpha-3 |
FATF | OFAC |
Balkans | Y | |||
Barbados | BB | BRB | Y | |
Belarus | BY | BLR | Y | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Western Balkans) | BA | BIH | Y | |
Botswana | BW | BWA | ||
Burkina Faso | BF | BFA | Y | |
Burundi | BI | BDI | Y | |
Cambodia | KH | KHM | Y | |
Cayman Islands | KY | CYM | Y | |
Central African Republic | CF | CAF | Y | |
Côte d’Ivoire | CI | CIV | ||
Crimea (part of Ukraine) | Y | |||
Cuba | CU | CUB | Y | |
Darfur | Y | |||
Democratic Republic of Congo | CD | COD | Y | |
Egypt | EG | EGY | ||
Eritrea | ER | ERI | ||
Ethiopia | ET | ETH | ||
Ghana | GH | GHA | ||
Guinea | GN | GIN | ||
Guinea-Bissau | GW | GNB | ||
Haiti | HT | HTI | Y | |
Iceland | IS | ISL | ||
Iran | IR | IRN | Y | |
Iraq | IQ | IRQ | Y | |
Jamaica | JM | JAM | Y | |
Jordan | JO | JOR | Y | |
Kosovo (Western Balkans) | Y | |||
Kuwait | KW | KWT | ||
Lebanon | LB | LBN | Y | |
Libya | LY | LBY | Y | |
Macedonia (Western Balkans) | MK | MKD | Y | |
Magnitsky | Y | |||
Mali | ML | MLI | Y | Y |
Malta | MT | MLT | Y | |
Mauritius | MR | MRT | ||
Montenegro (Western Balkans) | ME | MNE | Y | |
Morocco | MA | MAR | Y | |
Myanmar | MM | MMR | Y | |
Nicaragua | NI | NIC | Y | Y |
North Korea | KP | PRK | Y | |
Pakistan | PK | PAK | Y | |
Panama | PA | PAN | Y | |
Philippines | PH | PHL | Y | |
Russian Federation | RU | RUS | Y | |
Senegal | SN | SEN | Y | |
Serbia (Western Balkans) | RS | SRB | Y | |
Somalia | SO | SOM | Y | |
South Sudan | SS | SSD | Y | |
Sri Lanka | LK | LKA | ||
Sudan | SD | SDN | Y | |
Syria | SY | SYR | Y | Y |
Trinidad and Tobago | TT | TTO | ||
Tunisia | TN | TUN | ||
Turkey | TR | TUR | Y | |
Uganda | UG | UGA | Y | |
Ukraine | UA | UKR | Y | |
Vanuatu | VU | VUT | ||
Venezuela | VE | VEN | Y | |
Yemen | YE | YEM | Y | Y |
Zimbabwe | ZW | ZWE | Y | Y |