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What to know
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Stablecoin issuer Tether froze three Ethereum addresses holding over $160 million worth of USDT, according to data from Etherscan.
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The three accounts will now not be able to move funds anymore.
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In total, Tether has blacklisted 563 addresses on the Ethereum blockchain since November 2017, according to the Bloxy block explorer.
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Tether has said in the past that it regularly works with regulators to supervise suspicious accounts.
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An address with over $1 million in USDT was frozen in late December.
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Tether, which issues tokens on several blockchains, began blacklisting addresses following a November 2017 breach in which the firm said $30 million of USDT was stolen.