The Four-Month Gap: Tether, Informal Freezes, and the GENIUS Act
On October 30, 2025, Tether blacklisted 10 Ethereum addresses holding over 42.4 million USDT. The mechanism was standard: an execution of the smart contract‘s addBlackList function. The legal justification, however, arrived significantly later. It was not until February 19, 2026, that a magistrate judge in the Eastern District of North Carolina issued a seizure warrant. […]
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- The Four-Month Gap: Tether, Informal Freezes, and the GENIUS Act
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