Life-threatening thrombocytopenia and bleeding, common side effects of clinically available α IIb β 3 antagonists, are associated with the induction of ligand-induced integrin conformational changes and exposure of ligand-induced binding sites (LIBSs). To address this issue, we examined intrinsic mechanisms and structure-activity relationships of purified disintegrins, from Protobothrops flavoviridis venom (i.e., Trimeresurus flavoviridis), TFV-1 and TFV-3 with distinctly different pro-hemorrhagic tendencies. TFV-1 with a different α IIb β 3 binding epitope from that of TFV-3 and chimeric 7E3 Fab, i.e., Abciximab, decelerates α IIb β 3 ligation without causing a conformational change in α IIb β 3 , as determined with the LIBS antibody, AP5, and the mimetic, drug-dependent antibody (DDAb), AP2, an inhibitory monoclonal antibody raised against α IIb β 3 . Consistent with their different binding epitopes, a combination of TFV-1 and AP2 did not induce FcγRIIa-mediated activation of the ITAM-Syk-PLCγ2 pathway and platelet aggregation, in contrast to the clinical antithrombotics, abciximab, eptifibatide, and disintegrin TFV-3. Furthermore, TFV-1 selectively inhibits Gα 13 -mediated platelet aggregation without affecting talin-driven clot firmness, which is responsible for physiological hemostatic processes. At equally efficacious antithrombotic dosages, TFV-1 caused neither severe thrombocytopenia nor bleeding in FcγRIIa-transgenic mice. Likewise, it did not induce hypocoagulation in human whole blood in the rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) assay used in perioperative situations. In contrast, TFV-3 and eptifibatide exhibited all of these hemostatic effects. Thus, the α IIb β 3 antagonist, TFV-1, efficaciously prevents arterial thrombosis without adversely affecting hemostasis. Keywords: arterial thrombosis; antiplatelet agent; integrin α IIb β 3 ; bleeding side effect; snake venom proteins; disintegrins Key Contribution: Current α IIb β 3 antagonists are efficacious anti-thrombotics, but have significant adverse bleeding effects. This study clarifies a pathologically intrinsic mechanism in drug-induced thrombocytopenia and identifies a new candidate that may lead to development of safer anti-thrombotics with significantly reduced bleeding risk.