Tether claims $550 million in Iran freezes, but $35 million slipped past Senate

Tether says it helped freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, while Democratic investigators on a Senate subcommittee allege that delays in blacklisting some identified wallets let tens of millions of dollars keep moving. A preliminary report released Sept. 28 by Democratic minority staff of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations analyzed 846 […] The post Tether claims $550 million in Iran freezes, but $35 million slipped past Senate appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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- Tether says it helped freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, while Democratic investigators on a Senate subcommittee allege that delays in blacklisting some identified wallets let tens of millions of dollars keep moving.
- A preliminary report released Sept.
- 28 by Democratic minority staff of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations analyzed 846 […] The post Tether claims $550 million in Iran freezes, but $35 million slipped past Senate appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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