Tether đóng băng 550 triệu USD trong USDT liên quan đến Iran

The Huoxing Finance report states that Tether, the issuer of the stablecoin USDT, posted on September 28 that actions involving USDT in 2026 have frozen approximately $550 million, with related wallets identified by U.S. authorities as connected to the Central Bank of Iran and Iran sanction networks. Tether stated that its cooperation with U.S. and international authorities has supported over 2,900 global investigations, more than 1,600 of which involved U.S. law enforcement agencies. According to Tether’s disclosure, in April 2026, it assisted in freezing over $344 million in USDT from two addresses based on information provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and U.S. law enforcement. The following day, OFAC designated these addresses as digital currency identifiers for the Central Bank of Iran, with this sanction linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and Hezbollah. In July 2026, the Treasury expanded its designation to four additional TRON addresses, freezing over $130 million in USDT across these four wallets. Tether’s CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that USDT is not a safe haven for sanctioned actors, terrorist organizations, or criminal networks; public blockchains enable authorities to track fund flows, and Tether can act when law enforcement provides credible information. Tether also noted that it collaborates with over 340 law enforcement agencies across 67 countries, and its wallet freezing policy is aligned with OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals list.