How Tether’s $45 million crackdown drove Southeast Asian scam compounds into an ‘unfreezable’ decentralized stablecoin

Bitrace puts targeted Xinbi-linked holdings above $45 million as the sanctioned marketplace announces a USDD-only plan. The post How Tether’s $45 million crackdown drove Southeast Asian scam compounds into an ‘unfreezable’ decentralized stablecoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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- Bitrace puts targeted Xinbi-linked holdings above $45 million as the sanctioned marketplace announces a USDD-only plan.
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