Overview
- MistTrack reported that Tether blocked 22 addresses holding 13.4 million USDT, with one Ethereum wallet starting 0xecbd8 containing $10.3 million and a Tron wallet starting TYzDeb holding about $1.4 million.
- Tether did not provide a public explanation for freezing the 22 addresses, which were split between the Ethereum and Tron networks.
- The move follows earlier 2025 actions that included about $28.67 million frozen across 13 addresses in April, more than $12.3 million on Tron in June, and $28 million on Russia’s Garantex in March.
- In a Sept. 15 release, Tether said it has frozen over $3.2 billion linked to criminal activity, working with 290 law-enforcement agencies across 59 countries and blocking 3,660 wallets in the past year.
- One day before the latest freeze surfaced, Texas-based Riverstone Consulting sued Tether, alleging an unlawful $44.7 million freeze in April at the request of Bulgarian police that bypassed required international legal channels.