Treasury sanctioned A7 as FinCEN identified $179.1B in A7A5 transfers. A separate payment ban is proposed; transfer volume is not a crypto theft total.
The EU has added HTX to a new Russia sanctions annex, barring EU operators from transactions with the exchange from Aug. 23.
The EU's 21st Russia sanctions package would create a full third-country crypto-asset services ban, escalating pressure on A7A5, banks and sanctions-evasion platforms.