The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU)—a private coalition formed by Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs—froze over $300 million in criminal cryptocurrency assets across 23 countries in its first year, outpacing many government agencies. According to the report, the United States led with $83 million frozen across 37 cases, while cases spanned fraud, scams, money laundering, and high-profile hacks, including $19 million traced to DPRK-linked actors from the Bybit hack.

Tether has reversed its earlier decision to freeze USDT circulating on older, less active networks. Instead, these blockchains—including Omni, Bitcoin Cash SLP, and Kusama—will now be classified as “unsupported.” This means that while no new USDT will be issued or redeemed on these platforms, existing tokens won’t be frozen, allowing holders to retain use of them on secondary markets.

Tether, the issuer of the widely-used USDT stablecoin, has introduced its gold-backed token, XAU₮, on Maxbit, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Thailand.