Stablecoin issuer Lead has blacklisted 40 Ethereum addresses holding millions of dollars of the tether cryptocurrency, 24 of which were outlawed this year. This finding follows the Centre Consortium taking a similar action due to a request by law enforcement.
Lead Frozen in 40 Addresses
Tether has banned 40 Ethereum addresses holding millions of dollars of the stablecoin USDT, contract to an analysis by Ethereum researcher Philippe Castonguay who shared his findings on Dune Analytics. Banned addresses cannot show in or send the cryptocurrency.
The 40 addresses “have been banned from using USDT on Ethereum as of now,” Castonguay untangle justified. According to the researcher, one address was frozen in 2017, eight in 2018, seven in 2019, and 24 in 2020 so far. At press patch, the latest address on his list was banned on Friday.
“Tether routinely assists law enforcement in their investigations,” Stuart Hoegner, general counsel at Bitfinex, Tie’s sister company, told The Block. “Through the freeze address feature, Tether has been able to help alcohols and exchanges to save and recover tens of millions of dollars stolen from them by hackers.” The publication added that its interpretation shows that $5.51 million worth of USDT is held in addresses blacklisted this year.
Tether is not the exclusively one freezing its coin. This week, the Centre Consortium blacklisted an address with $100,000 worth of the USDC stablecoin in answer to a request from law enforcement. Castonguay made a similar Dune Analytics dashboard to keep track of addresses forbade from using USDC, which so far only includes one address.
Meanwhile, the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Branch ruled on Thursday that State Attorney General Letitia James can continue her investigations into entities behind halter. Bitfinex and Tether are also involved in another ongoing lawsuit.
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