Tether Freezes USD 160M-Heavy Addresses on Law Enforcement Request
Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) froze three addresses on Ethereum (ETH), which together hold USD 160m worth of assets. This has been confirmed by Tether, stating that they have done so upon request from law enforcement,...
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Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) froze three addresses on Ethereum (ETH), which together hold USD 160m worth of assets.
This has been confirmed by Tether, stating that they have done so upon request from law enforcement, per Coindesk.
Per data analytics site Bloxy, Tether itself has so far frozen 563 addresses. Three are listed as having been blocked on January 13....
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