{"id":27909,"date":"2026-05-08T07:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/tether-blacklists-371-wallets-after-515m-usdt-freeze-in-30-days\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:14:47","slug":"tether-blacklists-371-wallets-after-515m-usdt-freeze-in-30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/tether-blacklists-371-wallets-after-515m-usdt-freeze-in-30-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether blacklists 371 wallets after $515M USDT freeze in 30 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p><strong>Tether froze about $515 million in USDT across Ethereum and Tron over the past 30 days, according to BlockSec\u2019s USDT Freeze Tracker.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_639e97dfd814bd121a8f68c0fd59e903\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tether blacklisted 371 Ethereum and Tron addresses, freezing about $515 million in USDT over 30 days.<\/li>\n<li>Tron accounted for most freezes, with 329 addresses and around $506 million in blocked USDT.<\/li>\n<li>ZachXBT linked $38.4 million in frozen USDT to the collapsed DSJ and BG Wealth scheme.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The data <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlockSecTeam\/status\/2051764345445769482?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">showed<\/a> 371 blacklisted addresses as of May 7, 2026, with 329 on Tron and 42 on Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p>The freeze activity was heavily concentrated on Tron. Around $506 million was frozen on Tron, while Ethereum accounted for about $8.73 million. BlockSec says its tracker monitors USDT freeze, unfreeze, and destroy events on Ethereum and Tron using on-chain sources.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tron leads the latest blacklist wave<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The latest figures show how much stablecoin enforcement activity now runs through Tron. The network holds a large share of USDT supply, which makes it a frequent chain for transfers, exchange deposits, and high-value wallet movements.<\/p>\n<p>BlockSec\u2019s earlier 2025 report <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blocksec.com\/blog\/1-26-billion-frozen-usdt-blacklisting-on-ethereum-and-tron-in-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> Tether blacklisted 4,163 unique Ethereum and Tron addresses last year. It said those freezes locked $1.26 billion in USDT, with Tron and Ethereum covering the main areas of USDT activity.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DSJ and BG case adds fresh context<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The freeze data comes as on-chain investigator ZachXBT <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zachxbt\/status\/2051645865711055336?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> action tied to the DSJ Exchange and BG Wealth Sharing case. He said the alleged Ponzi scheme collapsed after taking more than $150 million from users and disabling withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>ZachXBT said illicit actors moved more than $92 million across chains between April 27 and May 3. He said he worked with Tether, Binance Security, OKX, and U.S. law enforcement. The effort led to \u201c$38.4M frozen by Tether\u201d on May 4, with more funds frozen by exchanges and services.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wider enforcement wave puts USDT freezes in focus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As previously reported, Tether froze $344 million in USDT across two Tron addresses after U.S. authorities linked the wallets to Iran\u2019s IRGC. The freeze formed part of Operation Economic Fury, a U.S. campaign targeting Iran-linked crypto flows.<\/p>\n<p>A later crypto.news report said U.S. seizures tied to Iranian crypto assets had neared $500 million. That figure was higher than the earlier $344 million USDT freeze confirmed by Tether.<\/p>\n<p>Tether has also said it works with more than 340 law enforcement agencies across 65 countries. In an April <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tether.io\/news\/tether-supports-freeze-of-more-than-344-million-in-usdt-in-coordination-with-ofac-and-u-s-law-enforcement\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement<\/a>, the company said it can restrict assets when wallets are linked to sanctions evasion, criminal networks, or other unlawful activity.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether froze about $515 million in USDT across Ethereum and Tron over the past 30 days, according to BlockSec\u2019s USDT Freeze Tracker.\u00a0 Summary Tether blacklisted 371 Ethereum and Tron addresses,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27910,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27909\/revisions\/27910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}