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Garantex

Russia-linked centralized cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the United States in 2022 and later forced to suspend services in March 2025 after EU sanctions, Tether wallet blocking, and international law-enforcement action against its web infrastructure.

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Also known as: Garantex Europe OU, Garantex Exchange, Garantex.org

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Key facts

Launch date
2019-04-01
Death date
2025-03-06
Years
2019–2025
Origin
Russia / Estonia
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-05-24

URL handling

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Use archived URL first for historical viewing.
URL status
Dead domain
Original URL
https://garantex.org/
Archived URL
View archived site

Summary

Russia-linked centralized cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the United States in 2022 and later forced to suspend services in March 2025 after EU sanctions, Tether wallet blocking, and international law-enforcement action against its web infrastructure.

Timeline

Garantex began operating
2019-04-01launchedmedium

Garantex operated as a Russia-linked centralized cryptocurrency exchange from 2019.

U.S. Treasury sanctioned Garantex
2022-04-05regulatory_actionhigh

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Garantex as part of an action against Russia-based Hydra Market and a ransomware-enabling virtual currency exchange.

Services suspended after sanctions and wallet blocking
2025-03-06regulatory_actioncritical

Garantex suspended services after Tether blocked wallets on the platform, with international enforcement activity and web-infrastructure seizure following in the same period.

Evidence

Garantex background reference
Wikipedia—database_referencelow reliabilitybackgroundarchive
Treasury sanctions Russia-based Hydra and ransomware-enabling virtual currency exchange Garantex
U.S. Department of the Treasury2022-04-05regulatory_noticehigh reliabilityeventarchive
Sanctioned Russian crypto exchange suspends services as Tether blocks wallets
Reuters2025-03-06news_articlehigh reliabilitydeath_datearchive
U.S. seizes Russian crypto exchange popular with cybercriminals
Axios2025-03-06news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive
Garantex original domain archive
Internet Archive—archive_capturemedium reliabilityurl_historyarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
Death date follows the March 2025 service suspension and seizure period. A later Grinex-related customer-base transition is not modeled here as a clean successor because public claims about continuity are disputed.
Revision state
Records may be incomplete, approximate, contested, or revised as better evidence becomes available.
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