Tether froze over $500M USDT in 30 days as blacklist total hit $1.26B in 2025

first published 2026-05-08T06:17:56Z

BlockSec’s USDT Freeze Tracker shows Tether blacklisted 371 addresses and froze roughly $515 million in USDT over the past 30 days. Tron accounted for most freezes (329 addresses, ~ $506M frozen); Ethereum had 42 addresses and ~ $8.73M frozen. On-chain investigator ZachXBT linked $38.4M of the frozen USDT to the collapsed DSJ and BG Wealth scheme and reported coordinated actions with Tether, exchanges, and U.S. law enforcement. BlockSec’s tracker records freeze, unfreeze, and destroy events; the activity follows earlier enforcement waves including prior Iran-linked freezes.

AI Analysis

BlockSec data: 371 addresses and ~$515M USDT frozen in 30 days (Tron: 329 addr, ~$506M; Ethereum: 42 addr, ~$8.73M). ZachXBT linked $38.4M to the DSJ/BG Wealth collapse and reported coordination with Tether, exchanges, and U.S. law enforcement. These are concrete, large-scale enforcement freezes, so the story is assigned a modestly negative sentiment and a moderate–high short-term market impact.

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