The UK has imposed new sanctions on several cryptocurrency trading platforms, accusing them of assisting Russia in bypassing trade restrictions.

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Mars Finance News, on May 27, the UK announced a new round of sanctions against multiple cryptocurrency trading platforms, P2P trading services, and shadow financial networks, accusing them of assisting Russia in bypassing Western trade restrictions and providing funding channels for the war.
Those blacklisted include platforms such as EXMO Exchange, Bitpapa, Rapira, and Nueva Cryptologia.
The UK stated that these platforms are connected to the Kremlin-backed "A7" payment network, which reportedly handled over $90 billion in fund flows last year, used for Russian oil export settlements and military procurement financing.
The new sanctions include global asset freezes, bans on UK financial institutions providing services, and restrictions on the operation channels of related platforms in multiple countries.
Involved regions also include transit jurisdictions such as Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Panama, and the UAE.
The UK government said this move aims to cut off Russia's "shadow financial infrastructure" that uses cryptocurrencies for cross-border payments and sanctions evasion.
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ForkInTheRoadmap
· 4h ago
This move by the UK extends to the jurisdictions of nine countries, with regulatory reach growing longer and longer.
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LittleBitcoinInTheReflection
· 8h ago
Kyrgyzstan and Georgia have been used as transit hubs for quite a long time—this isn’t something that’s only been going on for a day or two.
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Wax-SealedPrivateKey
· 8h ago
I've been a long-time user of EXMO. What will European users do with these sanctions?
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GotLiquidatedAgainLastNight.
· 8h ago
The 90 billion-dollar figure for A7’s network is a bit alarming—P2P platforms have become the new target for sanctions.
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YieldKaraoke
· 8h ago
The term "shadow banking" sounds like something out of a spy thriller, but it indeed refers to ways to bypass SWIFT.
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PeonyMemo
· 8h ago
Russian oil exports settled with cryptocurrency, which is considered a distortion of blockchain's 'decentralization'.
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CoconutWaterChillSquad
· 8h ago
It’s the first time I’ve seen the names Bitpapa and Rapira—looks like the sanctions list is getting dug up deeper and deeper.
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