Tether freezes 182 million USDT in a single day, continuous upgrades in stablecoin compliance

【CryptoWorld】On-chain monitoring agency Whale Alert has discovered that Tether froze 5 addresses on the Tron network on January 11, involving a total of 182 million USDT. The individual holdings of these frozen addresses range from 12 million to 50 million tokens.

This action was not an impulsive move but a routine implementation of Tether’s established policies. As early as December 2023, Tether introduced a wallet suspension protocol primarily to comply with international sanctions requirements from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. From that time until mid-2025, Tether’s total frozen assets have exceeded $3 billion.

In terms of international cooperation, Tether has established partnerships with law enforcement agencies in over 62 countries and more than 310 agencies worldwide. According to AMLBot’s statistics, since 2023, Tether’s total frozen amount is equivalent to 30 times that of Circle during the same period, fully demonstrating USDT’s dominant position in the stablecoin market — with a current circulating supply exceeding $187 billion and a market share of approximately 64%. This market concentration also means Tether’s compliance actions directly influence the industry’s overall direction.