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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sanctions on multiple wallets linked to Iran as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to increase economic pressure on the country amid an ongoing ceasefire, according to CNN. The action followed Tether's freeze of $344 million in USDT on Tron,

Gate News message, April 26 — The U.S. federal government sanctioned multiple wallets linked to Iran on April 25, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announcing the action as part of efforts to increase economic pressure on the country amid an ongoing ceasefire. The sanctions came a day after

Gate News message, April 26 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Friday that the federal government is sanctioning multiple wallets linked to Iran as part of efforts to increase economic pressure on the country amid an ongoing ceasefire. The move came a day after Tether froze $344 mi

Gate News message, April 26 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the federal government is sanctioning multiple wallets linked to Iran as part of efforts to increase economic pressure on the country. The move follows Tether's decision on Thursday, April 24, to freeze $344 million w

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sanctions on multiple wallets linked to Iran as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to increase economic pressure on the country, according to CNN. The move follows Tether's freeze of $344 million in USDT on Tron, which has been linked to

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the federal government is sanctioning multiple wallets linked to Iran as part of President Donald Trump's ongoing efforts to increase economic pressure on the country amid an ongoing ceasefire. The move comes a day after Tether froze $344

Gate News message, April 25 — The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned multiple cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran on April 24 as part of efforts to increase economic pressure on the country amid an ongoing ceasefire. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the government will "follow the money

Gate News message, April 25 — According to Lookonchain, Tether minted $3 billion USDT over the past week (April 18–25). Abraxas Capital received $2.89 billion USDT from Tether Treasury during the same

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Friday that the federal government is sanctioning multiple wallets linked to Iran as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to increase economic pressure on the country amid an ongoing ceasefire, according to CNN. The action follows Tether's

Gate News message, April 24 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sanctions against multiple wallets linked to Iran on Thursday, as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to increase economic pressure on the country amid an ongoing ceasefire. "We will follow the money that Tehran is de

On April 24, the Hong Kong High Court’s seven-member jury, by a majority vote, found not guilty of allegations against Chen Bo-liang, a former senior manager of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi (now renamed HTX), concerning accusations that he used a pseudonymous personal account in 2020 to trade on Huobi’s platform dark pool. The court also ruled not guilty on all charges, including six counts of accessing a computer with criminal or dishonest intent and one count of money laundering. The amount involved relates to 5 million Tether (USDT) tokens.

Gate News message, April 24 — Over the past week, Tether minted $3 billion USDT, with Abraxas Capital receiving $2.89 billion from Tether Treasury, according to on-chain monitoring data from Lookonchain.

Tether froze over US$344 million in USDt across two Tron network wallets on April 23, 2026, in coordination with US law enforcement and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), according to an announcement by the company. The action targeted addresses holding approximately US$213 million and US$

The U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of Justice have recently launched a joint law enforcement action targeting “pig butchering” romance scams involving cryptocurrencies that have become increasingly rampant in Southeast Asia. In an official announcement, the government has imposed sanctions on Cambodian Senator Kok An and 28 individuals and entities within his criminal network, accusing them of using political influence and their network of casino compounds to shelter large-scale fraud and human trafficking activities. Estimates indicate that these scam operations have led to losses for U.S. residents of as much as $10 billion in a single year. In conjunction with this crackdown, the stablecoin issuer Rether has also frozen more than $344 million in digital assets involved in the case. Romance “Pig Butchering” scams: U.S. residents lose over $10 billion in a single year In recent years, multinational criminal organizations based in Southeast Asia have made extensive use of the scam method known as “Pig Butchering.” Scammers will, through social media or messaging apps, spend months

Bitcoin (BTC) rebound momentum is weakening, with a temporary quote around $78,030 as of April 24. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Cambodian politician linked to a crypto “pig butchering” scam center. Tether issued another 1 billion USDT on the Ethereum network; over the past 5 days, it has issued a total of 3 billion USDT on the Ethereum network.

Gate News message, April 24 — Tether Treasury minted 1 billion USDT on the Ethereum network early today at 01:24 UTC+8, according to Whale Alert monitoring data.

Gate News message, April 23 — JPMorgan analysts led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said that persistent decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits and weak growth continue to limit institutional interest in the sector. The recent Kelp DAO hack wiped approximately $20 billion from DeFi's tot

According to a Decrypt 4/23 report, stablecoin issuer Tether froze two wallets on the Tron chain that day, totaling $344 million USDT—one of the largest single-instance freezing actions in Tether’s history. The entity coordinating the action did so in conjunction with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and U.S. law enforcement agencies. The two addresses were marked as allegedly involved in sanctions evasion, criminal networks, or other illegal activities. Two Tron addresses total $344 million USDT frozen Decrypt cites Tether data, saying that this freeze was concentrated on the Tron network, broken down into the following two transactions: Address (prefix) Frozen amount Chain TNiq9…QZH81 About $213 million USDT Tron

Gate News message, April 23 — Gordon Liao, Circle's chief economist, has proposed raising USDC lending parameters on Aave v3 Ethereum Core this week following a $292 million KelpDAO rsETH exploit that triggered a liquidity crisis across the protocol. Liao's Request for Comment suggests increasing "S

Gate News message, April 24 — Lido Labs is seeking DAO approval to allocate up to 2,500 staked Ethereum (roughly $5.8 million) to reduce the rsETH deficit caused by the recent Kelp exploit, according to a proposal posted on Thursday. The contribution would be made available only as part of a fully f