Why Static Blocklists Are Dead: The HTX Wallet-Rotation Problem
On May 26, 2026, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office added Huobi Global S.A. (the legal entity behind the HTX exchange) to its Russia sanctions list. Same for 17 other platforms and individuals including EXMO, Bitpapa, ABCEX, and Aifory.
British regulators alleged the exchange had facilitated over $1.5 billion in financial flows connected to Russian sanctions evasion networks, including the A7 network and Garantex. What happened next is the more interesting story, and it’s one every builder in the compliance and blockchain-analytics space should be paying attention to.
Instead of shutting down, rebranding, or going dark, which is the usual playbook for sanctioned crypto entities, HTX kept operating under the same brand, same domain, same public identity. It just started changing its wallets…a lot.
The Mechanics: Rotating Faster Than Screening Can Catch Up
According to a report from blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, HTX has been cycling through...
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