‘Someone’ is sending tainted dust from sanctioned HTX

NewsTue, 18 Aug 2026 16:56:51 UTC2 hours ago
‘Someone’ is sending tainted dust from sanctioned HTX

An address associated with Justin Sun-owned exchange HTX is causing controversy on X after it sent out a variety of so-called “dust” transactions.

Purported users are claiming that transactions sent from 0xa03400E098F4421b34a3a44A1B4e571419517687 were sent to their deposit addresses on other exchanges, provoking review of their accounts.

These other exchanges are apparently reviewing these accounts because these transactions suggest links to the sanctioned HTX.

Read more: European Union sanctions Justin Sun’s HTX

The sanctions on HTX from both the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the European Union have led exchanges including Bybit, OKX, and Binance to announce that they will either no longer process transactions with HTX or will review accounts that do transact with HTX.

More recently, 0xa03400E098F4421b34a3a44A1B4e571419517687, which is labeled as “HTX 48” on Etherscan and is also included in the HTX proof of reserves, has been “dusting” various addresses.

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