According to the source, the UK’s Anti-Corruption Strategy targets the use of cryptoassets to evade sanctions, indicating stepped-up enforcement around exchanges, mixers, and DeFi access points; source: UK government strategy via the source. UK regulators classify cryptoassets as funds or economic resources under sanctions and require firms to freeze and report suspected breaches, raising compliance workloads for UK-facing exchanges and custodians; source: HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) guidance and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) AML rules. Stricter sanctions controls typically lead to tighter KYC/AML checks, enhanced address-screening, and longer processing times on UK venues, which can constrain liquidity for privacy-focused assets; source: FCA supervisory expectations and OFSI reporting requirements.