Tether has frozen 182 million USDT in five addresses on the Tron network.
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Tether froze 182 million USDT in five Tron addresses on January 11th, as part of its protocol to comply with OFAC sanctions. This brings total frozen USDT to over $3 billion, with cooperation from global law enforcement.
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According to Mars Finance, on January 13th, Whale Alert monitoring revealed that Tether froze 182 million USDT across five independent addresses on the Tron network on January 11th. The affected addresses held between 12 million and 50 million USDT. This action complies with Tether's wallet suspension protocol launched in December 2023, aimed at complying with sanctions requirements from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). By mid-2025, Tether has cumulatively frozen over $3 billion in USDT and is cooperating with more than 310 law enforcement agencies in 62 countries.