HTX on the EU Sanctions List: Transaction Ban Applies from August 23, 2026

On August 23, 2026, an entry in the Official Journal of the European Union turns into a hard boundary. From that day, persons and companies subject to the EU sanctions against Russia may no longer carry out transactions with the trading platform HTX. Anyone still holding a balance there has eight days. After that, the route runs through an application to the Deutsche Bundesbank, and it is narrower than the word exemption suggests. Ten further platforms are affected alongside HTX, all with the same effective date. The deadline lands on a situation many users already know: HTX has been excluding customers from the European Union from all services since the summer anyway. What is new is the legal consequence on the user side. Until now the platform did not want the business; from August 23, the regulation prohibits the user from doing it. HTX on the EU sanctions list: what Regulation (EU) 2026/1848 orders The legal basis is Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848 of July 23, 2026. The act amends Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, the central body of rules governing EU economic sanctions against Russia; the foreign-policy basis is Decision (CFSP) 2026/1849, adopted in parallel. The decisive part s...