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Tether Freezes Over $46M of FTX's USDT - Crypto Briefing

source-logo  cryptobriefing.com 10 November 2022 12:50, UTC

Centralized stablecoin issuer Tether has frozen funds belonging to FTX.

Funds Locked

According to Whale Alert, at least 46,360,701 USDT belonging to embattled crypto exchange FTX were frozen today at 14:11 UTC.

Few details are known about the reasons behind the freeze. However, shortly after news began to circulate, it was reported that an unnamed Tether executive had leaked that the funds might have been frozen at the request of law enforcement.

This is a developing situation.

Disclaimer: At the time of writing, the author of this piece owned BTC, ETH, and several other cryptocurrencies.

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