Updated: 16.04.2026
Cryptus Exchange Grinex, which was subject to anti-Russian sanctions, suspended its operations on Thursday, April 16, due to a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of assets worth 1 billion rubles ($13,10 million).
В statementpublished in Telegram-channel, the exchange accused “foreign intelligence services” of unfriendly states of involvement in the attack.
From the very beginning of its operation, the exchange infrastructure was subject to attacks, said official representative Grinex— We have documented systematic attempts to restrict the transfer of cryptocurrency outside the CIS: the exchange was placed on sanctions lists, crypto wallets were deliberately flagged, and transactions were blocked.
Today, attempts to destabilize the domestic financial sector have reached a new level—direct theft of assets from Russian citizens and companies using complex cyberattacks.
Company Grinex published a list of its accounts that were allegedly accessed by hackers. On Wednesday, outgoing transactions totaling approximately $15 million in USDT were made on these accounts. These funds were then transferred to other blockchain accounts. TRON и Ethereum.
These USDT were then converted into another asset, TRX or ETH. This way, the thief avoided the risk of the company freezing the stolen USDT. Tether.
Despite the fact that the Grinex Registered in Kyrgyzstan, the platform is one of the largest exchanges for Russian rubles and crypto assets. The total volume of crypto asset transactions has exceeded $6 billion.
Last year, Grinex got under US sanctions, Great Britain and the European Union.
The US stated that Grinex helped Clients can circumvent sanctions using the Russian ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5. Russia, which was cut off from the international SWIFT banking system due to Western sanctions, has developed a sophisticated crypto infrastructure to facilitate foreign trade.
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