Regarding Garantex Europe OU—an exchange—and A7 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY—an entity—both of which are implicated in the sanctions list targeting Huobi Global S.A., they are indeed included on the sanctions list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Garantex Europe OU (Garantex) As one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the Russian-speaking region，Garantex was founded in late 2019, originally registered in Estonia, that conducts most of its operations from Moscow and Saint Petersburg. OFAC previously designated Garantex on April 5, 2022 The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is re-designating the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Europe OU (Garantex),on August 14, 2025 A7 Limited Liability Company (A7) A7 Limited Liability Company (A7) is a Russian firm that provides cross-border settlement platforms used for sanctions evasion. A7 and its subsidiaries A71 Limited Liability Company (A71) and A7 Agent Limited Liability Company (A7 Agent) are owned by sanctioned Moldovan oligarch Ilan Mironovich Shor (Shor) and sanctioned Russian bank Promsvyazbank Public Joint Stock Company (PSB). OFAC is designating A7 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods and services to or in support of, Garantex. OFAC is also designating A71 and A7 Agent for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, A7. @BBCWorld @BBCBreaking @WSJ @business @nytimes @cnni @Reuters @Forbes @TIME @TheEconomist @UN @AP @washingtonpost @MarketWatch @WSJecon @FAANews @NTSB_Newsroom @FoxNews @FT @YahooFinance @SkyNews @NBCNews @thejusticedept @fincennews @ukhomeoffice @nca_uk @govuk @ica_singapore @govsingapore @MFAsg #Garantex# #A7# #PSB# #HuobiGlobalSA#