# OFAC settles sanctions violations with ShapeShift

> OFAC announced a $750,000 settlement with ShapeShift for apparent sanctions violations involving its digital-asset exchange services.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/regulation/2025-09-22-ofac-shapeshift-sanctions-settlement/
- Posture: Enforcement
- Authorities: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
- Event date: 2025-09-22
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-07 (first published 2026-08-07)
- Advisor-relevant: yes

## What changed

OFAC announced a $750,000 settlement with ShapeShift for apparent sanctions violations involving its digital-asset exchange services.

## Who it affects

- Digital-asset exchanges, investment advisers diligencing trading venues, and clients

## What is still open

- How firms will translate the settlement factors to decentralized or non-custodial interfaces

## What it means for an advisor

- Test sanctions screening, IP and geolocation controls, escalation, historical lookbacks, and platform-counterparty representations.

## Sources

1. [OFAC settles sanctions violations with ShapeShift](https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20250922_33) · U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control · 2025-09-22


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