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The Tabularium · Call 2026-07-26-03Miss

A specific replacement crypto exchange or rail will be publicly identified as absorbing Russia-linked flows displaced from HTX before the EU's August 23 transaction ban takes effect.

Illicit Trade / Econ SecurityEuropeRussiaEuropean Union
Issued No. 26 · 26 Jul 26  ·  Due 23 Aug 26  ·  Opening call 70% — likely

The wording, the opening probability, and the counter-signal below were fixed when this call was published. Updates revise the reading — never the record: the verdict is graded against the opening call.

The trajectory

The call stands at its probability until revised; each dot is a recorded reading.0%50%100%26 Jul 26 — 70% (No. 26): Opening calldue 23 Aug 26Miss70%26 Jul 26

The record since

The call stands as issued — no revisions.

What would overturn it

A named exchange, jurisdiction, or stablecoin flagged by Chainalysis, TRM Labs, or EU officials as the new primary rail, versus the flows staying dormant or unreported through the ban date.

The verdict

Miss  Resolved 24 Aug 26.

No single replacement exchange, jurisdiction, or stablecoin was publicly identified as absorbing HTX's Russia-linked flows by the Aug 23 ban; reporting instead describes HTX rotating wallets across multiple chains every few hours to evade screening, with exchanges simply blocking HTX rather than a successor consolidating the flow.

Assumed evasion flows would consolidate onto one traceable successor rail; instead they fragmented across constantly-rotating wallets/chains, defeating any single 'named replacement' framing.

Source: https://cryptoslate.com/eu-expands-htx-crackdown-as-russia-linked-crypto-network-keeps-shifting-its-financial-rails/

As logged at issue

We think it's likely that a specific replacement rail emerges for Russia's HTX-linked flows before the August 23 transaction ban takes effect, the same whack-a-mole pattern each prior EU crypto-sanctions round has produced within weeks.

Cite this call

The Cursus Publicus, Call 2026-07-26-03 — recorded 26 Jul 26. https://archive.cursuspublic.us/calls/2026-07-26-03.html