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Tether & Tron-Backed T3 Unit Freezes $250M in Criminal Assets – A Year of Crypto Crime Crackdowns

Tether & Tron-Backed T3 Unit Freezes $250M in Criminal Assets – A Year of Crypto Crime Crackdowns

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Coindesk
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2025-08-12 11:30:00
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Tether, Tron-Backed T3 Financial Crime Unit Has Frozen $250M of Criminal Assets in a Year

Crypto's bad actors just got a $250M reality check.

The T3 Financial Crime Unit—backed by Tether and Tron—has spent the past year surgically freezing dirty money. No vague promises, no regulatory theater—just cold, hard asset seizures.

How they're winning:

- Blockchain forensics turning crypto's transparency against criminals

- Real-time tracking of illicit stablecoin flows

- Partnerships that actually work (shocking for an industry built on 'disruption')

Meanwhile, traditional banks—still struggling with basic KYC—just reported another $3B in fines for compliance failures. But sure, crypto's the wild west.

One question remains: When will regulators stop chasing headlines and start copying T3's playbook?

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