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EU 20th Sanctions Package Targets Crypto – What Does This Mean for Hosting & Payments?
The EU has just adopted its 20th sanctions package against Russia, and for the first time, there seems to be a much stronger focus on crypto and payment infrastructure.
From what I understand so far, the new measures don’t just target specific exchanges, but go broader:
- Ban on interaction with Russia-linked crypto service providers
- Targeting of stablecoins and payment systems used to bypass sanctions
- Increased focus on platforms operating via third countries to avoid regulation
- Crackdown on infrastructure enabling sanctions evasion
What about Cryptomus and Heleket that are widely used by hosting providers? They are both Russian companies registered in other countries and at least Heleket has sourced liquidity from Garantex that is sanctioned.
None of these are (as far as I know) explicitly sanctioned by name, but they seem to fall right into the category the EU is now targeting.
Is this going to be implemented as a ban on all crypto payments to Russian providers?
Do you know anything?
This thread is about crypto payments and the impact of the new laws, not the war.
Off-topic discussion about the war can be taken to:
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/177624/the-russia-vs-ukraine-thread-lets-not-derail-other-threads
Comments
Oh, this is about crypto-"currency", not about crypto. @angstrom maybe you can correct the misleading title?
its to protect the children
You receive : USB-C, user replaceable batteriesEC receive : Realtime data, warrantless surveillance, veto rights on your access to certain website or gamedont forget the cookie wall. another paper monster
I think they can ban payment systems like (Cryptomus and Heleket), but not the Cryptocurrency.
I urge everyone to read before you write
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/04/23/russia-s-war-of-aggression-against-ukraine-20th-round-of-stern-eu-sanctions-hits-energy-military-industrial-complex-trade-and-financial-services-including-crypto/
From above link:
The interpretation of this law will also be interesting.
Will it still be legal to provide DDoS protection, VPN, proxy, etc to Russian providers and end-users?
Right, forgot about that 😅
tldr dude
what do you think? of course not.
But it is all to protect the children and the climate.
Maybe if you just read tfa you'd find the answers you're looking for. Believe it or not, you don't have to just guess or speculate, as the answers are there.
It is very clear what the purpose of these sanctions are for, and it's for neither of these 2 reasons. Again, maybe just try reading the article.
The number of views reflects the LET members' great interest in European sanctions (sarcasm).
Yeah its all to protect the children and lgbtq climate blue hair cult
Brillant, bravo!
Obviously, energy-prices are not yet high enough, so let us shatter what little hope there still was to ever again get cheaper energy from Russia!
Freedom! Finally Freedom (from energy and a working economy)!
Dear Russians, please, pretty please, do not only destroy "our" weapon factories but do us the big favour to also drop a nuke on the eu headquarters! (And please make sure that the major gangsters and nazis like "SMS" vdlayen and kaja "the stupid slut" kallas are there when the nuke drops!)
I guess the eu "citizens" (actually victims) increasingly begin to smell that what the eu does actually is suicide.
That's news in a general sense. Not every bit will pique your interest, but every now and then it can be one of those "I've read about this somewhere" moments.
This is impossible. The Russian authorities are too closely connected with the European and American elites. All the authorities in the world are the same mafia that has usurped power all over the world.
Kallas is the daughter of an Estonian communist functionary (the head of the Central Bank of the Estonian SSR). It is unacceptable to kill the untouchables.
Stop noticing
What kind of asshole are you that you're against children?
Assholes be assholin'.
doesn't matter, you have other options
Don't start talking about your hobbies
If EC and other national government truly care about children they should have: