{"id":77032,"date":"2023-04-11T15:58:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T12:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=77032"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:54:20","slug":"tether-blocks-address-linked-to-mev-bot-attack-holding-about-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/tether-blocks-address-linked-to-mev-bot-attack-holding-about-3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether blocks address linked to MEV-bot attack holding about $3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The issuer of the stablecoin <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-tether-usdt\">USDT<\/a>, Tether, has blacklisted an address linked to the MEV-bot attack that held about $3 million in digital assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"ht\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">[2023\/04\/10 17:49] USDT blacklisted 0x3c98d617db017f51c6a73a13e80e1fe14cd1d8eb in block 17019365 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/BDLUzDkLb4\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/BDLUzDkLb4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 usdt blacklist (@usdtblacklist) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usdtblacklist\/status\/1645486844623089664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In early April, a group of blockchain bots that use MEV to extract additional income <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mev-bot-operators-lose-25m-in-exploit\">lost more than $25 million<\/a> as a result of a fraudulent validator attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to analytics firm CertiK, the attacker replaced the bots\u2019 addresses in backrunning transactions. As a result, he moved them to his own wallets <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-wrapped-token\">\u201cwrapped\u201d<\/a> Bitcoin (WBTC) and Ethereum (WETH), as well as stablecoins <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-usdc-stablecoin\">USDC<\/a>, USDT and DAI.<\/p>\n<p>After the address was blocked, some Twitter users questioned Tether\u2019s decentralisation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Money of the FUTURE they said\u2026<br \/>Got salty about a random mev bug\u2026<br \/>Blacklisted\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OffWeGo? (@SailMyBoard) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SailMyBoard\/status\/1645500534093414400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abThe money of the future,\u00bb they said\u2026 They went berserk over a random MEV bug\u2026 S instant in the black list?\u00bb, \u2014 wrote one user.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Cryptonary spokesperson asked how such wallets are blocked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">What does a blacklisted stablecoin address look like? <\/p>\n<p>Is it added to a list and\/or sanctioned somehow?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cryptonary (@cryptonary) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptonary\/status\/1645693959174250496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abWhat does a blacklisted stablecoin address look like? Is it simply added to a list or have any sanctions been imposed on it?\u00bb, the publication states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In February, Flashbots researchers unveiled the MEV-Share protocol, which <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/flashbots-unveils-solution-to-broaden-mev-opportunities-for-users\">expands opportunities<\/a> for users in the distribution of MEV.<\/p>\n<p>In April, more than 30 Ethereum projects <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-projects-launch-mev-blocker-to-shield-users-from-mev-attacks\">joined forces<\/a> to launch the MEV Blocker tool to protect users from front-running and \u201csandwich attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issuer of the stablecoin USDT, Tether, has blacklisted an address linked to the MEV-bot attack that held about $3 million in digital assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1412,1154,1231,1245],"class_list":["post-77032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bans-and-restrictions","tag-crimes","tag-mev","tag-tether-usdt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77032","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=77032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77034,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77032\/revisions\/77034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}