{"id":680907,"date":"2025-07-21T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stablecoin-or-cbdc-tethers-latest-freeze-adds-fuel-to-decentralization-debate\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:00:29","slug":"stablecoin-or-cbdc-tethers-latest-freeze-adds-fuel-to-decentralization-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stablecoin-or-cbdc-tethers-latest-freeze-adds-fuel-to-decentralization-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Stablecoin or CBDC? Tether\u2019s latest freeze adds fuel to decentralization debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDcvMDE5ODJkYmMtMjQ1MC03ZmM1LTlhOTgtODI4M2Q1NDQwZTk4.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\">\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Following its latest freeze of nearly $86K in stolen USDt, Tether\u2019s enforcement capabilities are again in the spotlight \u2014 raising questions about centralized control in stablecoin ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p><p>Tether, issuer of the world\u2019s largest stablecoin, said on Sunday it had frozen $85,877 in USDt (USDT) tied to stolen funds, acting in \u201ccollaboration with law enforcement.\u201d The move has reignited debate over the role of centralized stablecoin issuers in enforcing crypto compliance.<\/p>\n<p>The freeze, while relatively minor compared to other such actions by Tether, adds to the company\u2019s growing record of intervention. Tether says it has frozen over <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/tether.io\/news\/tether-recognized-for-assisting-the-united-states-secret-service-in-23m-freeze-related-to-transfers-on-sanctioned-exchange-garantex\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">$2.5 billion<\/a> in USDt linked to illicit activity and has blocked more than 2,090 wallets in cooperation with global authorities.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Embedding human rights into crypto isn\u2019t optional, it\u2019s foundational<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" >General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/stablecoin-cbdc-tether-funds-freeze-decentralization-debate?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following its latest freeze of nearly $86K in stolen USDt, Tether\u2019s enforcement capabilities are again in the spotlight \u2014 raising questions about centralized control in stablecoin ecosystems. Tether, issuer of the world\u2019s largest stablecoin, said on Sunday it had frozen $85,877 in USDt (USDT) tied to stolen funds, acting in \u201ccollaboration with law enforcement.\u201d The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":680908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-07\/01982dbc-2450-7fc5-9a98-8283d5440e98","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74894,75493,70934,36041],"class_list":["post-680907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-blockchain","tag-stablecoin","tag-regulation","tag-tether"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}