According to TRM Labs, the Council of the European Union adopted its 21st sanctions package against Russia on July 23, extending transaction bans to 14 non-EU crypto-related platforms and entities: Rapira, Aifory Pro, ABCeX, WhiteBird, NoOnecrypto, Tradex, Monease, BitPapa, Exnode / Exnode Pay, HTX, EXMO, A7 Nigeria, A7 Africa, and PilotFinance. They are based across Georgia, Panama, the UAE, the Marshall Islands, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus.

The package also grants the EU new authority to restrict crypto asset services from an entire third country when platforms based there facilitate Russian sanctions evasion. It adds 218 listings in total, the largest batch in four years.