{"id":23396,"date":"2025-04-24T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/tether-freezes-28-7-million-usdt-across-13-addresses\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T17:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:27:54","slug":"tether-freezes-28-7-million-usdt-across-13-addresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/tether-freezes-28-7-million-usdt-across-13-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether Freezes $28.7 Million USDT Across 13 Addresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tether has frozen approximately $28.67 million in USDT across 12 addresses on the TRON network and an additional ~$99,630 on one Ethereum wallet, according to MistTrack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">?MistTrack Alert:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tether?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tether<\/a> has frozen ~$28.67M <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$USDT<\/a> across 12 addresses on TRON, and ~$99.63K <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$USDT<\/a> on one Ethereum address:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRON?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TRON<\/a><br \/>TUPyHqY2jbcF5Q2rCmTQWBtVo84oMpLm2f<br \/>TESCDkZbKWuJtuFPRSjczChuV14XHMMbMA<br \/>TXLuEUEV1bNoQ1k59i9uun3XUmRjTZNXwh<br \/>TS2T38JTaA8qHwnANH5H1ASUQ1RvwKzZxy\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LLPO0xcOvi\">pic.twitter.com\/LLPO0xcOvi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MistTrack?\ufe0f (@MistTrack_io) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MistTrack_io\/status\/1915363885630308544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Experts noted that the frozen funds had been moved through several well-known crypto platforms such as Gate, KuCoin, and HitBTC, and had interacted with addresses on a stop list.<\/p>\n<p>The issuer of USDT regularly freezes assets due to suspicions of illegal activity. On April 17, Tether <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tether-freezes-three-suspicious-addresses-holding-870000-usdt\">halted the movement<\/a> of $870,000 across three crypto wallets.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the company&#8217;s similar actions regarding four TRON addresses holding 601,798 USDT were commented on by WhaleWire founder and CEO Jacob King:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNo explanations, no warnings, just another day in centralized stablecoin land! It&#8217;s a stark reminder of the control that lies in the hands of a few.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Tether has frozen 601,798 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$USDT<\/a> across 4 addresses on the TRON blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>No explanations, no warnings, just another day in centralized stablecoin land! It&#8217;s a stark reminder of the control that lies in the hands of a few. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xTMHOy1DF9\">pic.twitter.com\/xTMHOy1DF9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob King (@JacobKinge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobKinge\/status\/1904271061765783586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to a dashboard on <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/phabc\/usdt---banned-addresses\">Dune<\/a>, the company has blocked 2,203 wallets containing USDT worth a total of $1.43 billion. The largest of these holds frozen tokens valued at ~$87.5 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USDT-Banned-Addresses-Google-Chrome-1-1024x294.jpg\" alt=\"USDT-Banned-Addresses-Google-Chrome-1\" class=\"wp-image-257497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USDT-Banned-Addresses-Google-Chrome-1-1024x294.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USDT-Banned-Addresses-Google-Chrome-1-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USDT-Banned-Addresses-Google-Chrome-1-768x221.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/USDT-Banned-Addresses-Google-Chrome-1.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Dune.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In early 2024, UN experts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/un-highlights-usdts-role-in-money-laundering-schemes\">highlighted<\/a> the popularity of USDT among fraudsters and money launderers. Tether representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tether-responds-to-un-experts-allegations\">expressed disappointment<\/a> with the assessment by the international organization&#8217;s specialists. The company emphasized its commitment to cooperating with law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>As stated by Tether, by August 2024, the stablecoin issuer <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tether-aids-law-enforcement-in-recovering-108-million-in-usdt-since-2014\">helped recover<\/a> more than $108.8 million in USDT for government agencies in 40 jurisdictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether has frozen approximately $28.67 million in USDT across 12 addresses on the TRON network and an additional ~$99,630 on one Ethereum wallet, according to MistTrack. ?MistTrack Alert:@Tether has frozen ~$28.67M $USDT across 12 addresses on TRON, and ~$99.63K $USDT on one Ethereum address:#TRONTUPyHqY2jbcF5Q2rCmTQWBtVo84oMpLm2fTESCDkZbKWuJtuFPRSjczChuV14XHMMbMATXLuEUEV1bNoQ1k59i9uun3XUmRjTZNXwhTS2T38JTaA8qHwnANH5H1ASUQ1RvwKzZxy\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/LLPO0xcOvi \u2014 MistTrack?\ufe0f (@MistTrack_io) April 24, 2025 Experts noted that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1412,807,1245],"class_list":["post-23396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bans-and-restrictions","tag-stablecoins","tag-tether-usdt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"314","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}