OFAC designates cyber-related individuals, crypto addresses, and Cuba entities to SDN List
Bank and virtual-asset compliance teams must screen and block the newly listed SDNs, crypto addresses, and 'Linked To' affiliates
Change
On 13 July 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List to add named cyber-related individuals, multiple digital-currency addresses, and several Cuba-related state entities, blocking their US-jurisdiction property.
Why it matters
Designated parties' property subject to US jurisdiction is blocked, and US persons are prohibited from transacting with them. The listed digital-currency addresses across XBT, ETH, LTC, ZEC, DASH, TRX, DOGE, and SOL become on-chain block criteria in their own right. OFAC's 'Linked To' notation ties CORPORACION ANTILLANA EXPORTADORA to GRUPO DE ADMINISTRACION EMPRESARIAL, extending screening exposure through the control parent.
Implications
- — Bank sanctions-screening teams must add each newly listed individual and entity name and all listed aliases to client and transaction-screening filters before the next funds-transfer cycle — processing a payment that hits a designation results in a prohibited transaction and blocked-property exposure.
- — Virtual-asset service providers and cryptocurrency compliance teams must load every listed digital-currency address across all eight chains into on-chain screening and block transfers to or from them — an unscreened address permits a transfer involving blocked funds.
- — Sanctions and trade compliance teams must run ownership/control checks treating GRUPO DE ADMINISTRACION EMPRESARIAL S.A. as the control parent of CORPORACION ANTILLANA EXPORTADORA per OFAC's 'Linked To' notation — exposure surfaces through the parent network even where a counterparty does not hit a listed name directly.
Who is affected
- — Bank sanctions-screening teams at payment and correspondent banks
- — Virtual-asset service providers and cryptocurrency compliance teams
- — Sanctions and trade compliance teams handling Cuba-related counterparties