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Sinbad

Export controlled · Sanctioned entity

Sinbad is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Company				[sources]
Name	Sinbad · Sinbad.io				[sources]
Alias	Sinbad.io				[sources]
Weak alias	SINBAD				[sources]
Incorporation date	2022-09-29				[sources]
Description	Virtual currency mixer, which was used by DPRK cyberthreat actors to launder stolen digital assets. Suspected to be a rebrand of Blender.io, which was designated by US authorities in May 2022. Sinbad reportedly processed millions of dollars’ worth of virtual currency from Lazarus Group heists, including the Horizon Bridge and Axie Infinity heists.				[sources]
Email	adv@sinbad.io · support@sinbad.io				[sources]
Website	sinbadiovklgdbafpqvwfwjh2tfrisahtxmrskiovt62nirragcnkcad.onion · sinbad.io				[sources]
Source link	home.treasury.gov · ofac.treasury.gov · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-23	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2023-11-29

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	Office of Foreign Assets Control		-	-

Cryptocurrency wallets
Currency	Address
XBT	`1JHdQHkBZiim1cb4hyUh2PbzEbbg6z2TrF`
XBT	`bc1qq7p0es3dv5hcynjjf40f2xjjr6qp5py47d2f6n847vduuq9gvnyq7y9ecd`

Documents
Document	Date
Treasury Sanctions Mixer Used by the DPRK to Launder Stolen Virtual Currency	2023-11-29

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Blender	Sinbad is "likely [to be] a rebrand of Blender"	-	-

Data sources

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,613

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

DPRK Reports5,497

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List36,801

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List10,016

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

External databases

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US OFAC Press Releases8,856

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External dataset · United States · OFAC

Source data IDs: ofac-44437 · ofac-pr-1002ed744f5de436b89595cdaafed43750871d8e · tw-shtc-4b7f88a79d4e210ec384dd75653d26a0b627c9e7 · kprusi-44760cfa25bccd442a806e35df0543cd8ad12d2a

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