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1 min readPublished March 9, 2026

Product Update: We Published How the Risk Score Is Calculated

A new methodology page explains what goes into a FreezeRadar risk score, what each band means in practice, and where the score should not be trusted.

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Product Update: We Published How the Risk Score Is Calculated

Every scan ends with a number between 0 and 100, and until now we never explained where that number comes from. That felt wrong for something people use to decide whether to accept money.

There is now a methodology page that lays it out. It covers the four things we score — sanctions, counterparties, behaviour, and how freezeable the balance is — and how much each one counts toward the total. It publishes the exact score bands, so you can finally answer "what does 75 actually mean?" without guessing.

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What this means for you

  • Each band comes with plain guidance: what it means and what to do about it.
  • The confidence score is explained as its own number. High risk with low confidence is a different situation from high risk with high confidence.
  • We say out loud what the score cannot tell you, including that a high score is not proof of a crime and none of it is legal advice.
  • There is a changelog of every change to the model, so if a rescan returns a different number than last month, you can see why.

Every scan result now links straight to it from the "why this score" panel.

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