The Tether freeze coalition known as T3 FCU has surpassed $450 million in blocked illicit USDT since launching in 2024. The T3 Financial Crime Unit, a joint initiative backed by Tether, TRON, and blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, has crossed…
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The Tether freeze coalition known as T3 FCU has surpassed $450 million in blocked illicit USDT since launching in 2024. Summary T3 FCU, backed by Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs, intercepted 43.9% more illicit proceeds in 2025 than the year before, operating across 23 jurisdictions. The unit’s cases span drug trafficking, exchange hacks, North Korea-linked funds, terrorist financing, and kidnappings and extortion. FATF designated T3 FCU an invaluable law enforcement resource as TRM Labs estimated total illicit crypto flows reached a record $158 billion globally in 2025. The T3 Financial Crime Unit, a joint initiative backed by Tether, TRON, and blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, has crossed $450 million in frozen assets linked to suspected criminal activity. The milestone was announced by Tether on Thursday, less than two years after the unit launched in 2024. T3 FCU focuses on USDT activity on the TRON b
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A groundbreaking collaboration between Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs has resulted in the T3 Financial Crime Unit freezing over 450 million USDT due to criminal suspicion since the beginning of September 2024. Targeting a broad spectrum of criminal activities, the unit has played a pivotal role in an international crackdown on illegal operations involving cryptocurrency […] Continue Reading:Beyond the Numbers: T3 Unit’s Powerful Intervention on Digital Crime Source: https://en.bitcoinhaber.net/beyond-the-numbers-t3-units-powerful-intervention-on-digital-crime
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The T3 Financial Crime Unit, a joint initiative backed by Tether, Tron and blockchain analytics company TRM Labs, says it has helped freeze more than $450 million in assets linked to suspected criminal activity since its launch in 2024. The group said in a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph that it has worked with law enforcement agencies across 23 jurisdictions to target funds tied to alleged drug trafficking, exchange hacks, North Korea-linked activity, terrorist financing and violent “wrench” attacks, including kidnappings and extortion. The unit focuses on Tether’s USDT stablecoin activity on the Tron blockchain and says it has been able to freeze assets within 24 hours in multiple emergency cases at the request of authorities. T3 FCU said it intercepted 43.9% more illicit proceeds in 2025 than in the previous year. The announcement comes as TRM Labs estimat
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Recent data from blockchain analytics reveals an optimistic outlook for Bitcoin (BTC), marked by the significant elimination of short-term investor loss positions and the market’s resilience against profit-taking pressures. This scenario presents a potential buoyant landscape for the cryptocurrency leader. Continue Reading:Bitcoin Climbs Over $80,000 as Key Indicators Flash Positivity Source: https://en.bitcoinhaber.net/bitcoin-climbs-over-80000-as-key-indicators-flash-positivity
T3 FCU froze over $450M in illicit assets globally, intercepting 43.9% more illicit proceeds in 2025 than the prior year. FATF recognized T3 FCU as an invaluable law enforcement resource as global illicit crypto flows reached a record $158 billion. Operation Lusocoin saw T3 FCU freeze R$3 billion in crypto assets, including 4.3M USDT tied […]
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In brief U.K. MP Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by parliamentary standards authorities for allegedly failing to declare a £5 million personal gift. The donor is Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based cryptocurrency investor with a 12% stake in stablecoin giant Tether. Farage claimed “no obligation” to declare the gift, which was made in 2024 before he announced his candidacy for parliament. The U.K.’s Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is reportedly launching an inquiry into a $6.7 million (£5 million) gift received by Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage from billionaire Tether investor Christopher Harborne. Farage declared he was under “no obligation” to declare the gift, which was made before he announced his intention to stand in the 2024 general election. “Believe you me, we’ve looked at this from every legal angle,” he told broadcast
