Tether Freezes over $500 Million in USDT

Inside Tether’s Freeze Machine: $5.17 Billion USDT Locked, 11.6% Recovered

Since November 2017, Tether has frozen USDT stablecoins across 9,856 addresses, locking up a combined $5.17 billion. Of that, only $602 million, thus roughly 11.6% by value, has ever been unfrozen. The remaining $4.57 billion stays frozen. DailyCoin analyzed the full freeze and unfreeze history to track how frozen assets move through the system over time. One-Way Door: The Scale of Tether’s Blacklist The scale of Tether’s blacklist is larger tha…

Tether Freezes $514 Million in USDT Across 370 Wallets in 30 Days – Tron Bears the Brunt – CryptoGazette

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, has frozen. The scale and speed of the crackdown marks a new high-water mark for centralized stablecoin enforcement – and has reignited the debate over how much control a single private company should hold over the crypto economy. The Numbers: Record-Pace Enforcement According to data from BlockSec and CryptoTimes, Tether blacklisted 370 wallet addresses between mid-April and mid-May 2026, fr…