Binance Blocks HTX and EXMO. Sixteen Platforms Cut Off Amid Sanctions Push

For brokers, part of the counterparty due diligence now happens upstream, as exchanges start filtering out sanctioned platforms before brokers have to. Binance said on 14 August it will block transactions with 11 crypto platforms from 23 August, including HTX and EXMO, after already cutting off five smaller platforms — Shelbit, Aban Tether Exchange, A7 Nigeria, A7 Africa and PilotFinance — earlier…