Tether vs Circle: The Frozen Funds Showdown You Didn’t See Coming 🥶

AMLBOT just dropped some spicy data, and oh boy, Tether and Circle are playing VERY different games. Tether froze a whopping $3.3b (💸💀) while Circle was like, “Eh, $109m is fine.” Guess which one’s got drama?

Tether went full ice queen ❄️, blacklisting 7,268 addresses-mostly on Tron-because apparently, freezing, burning, and reissuing tokens is their version of a fun Friday night. (U.S. law enforcement was their +1.)
Circle? More like Cir-clearly Boring. They froze $109m across 372 addresses (Ethereum only, because classy), and only when a court literally forced them to. No burning, no reissuing-just vibes. 🥱
The takeaway? USDT is out here playing crypto cop 👮‍♂️, while USDC is basically the quiet kid in the back of the class. Choose your fighter.

Between 2023 and 2025, Tether and Circle treated frozen funds like two people at a party-one’s chugging tequila 🍹, the other’s sipping herbal tea ☕. AMLBOT’s data proves it: Tether froze 30 times more than Circle. THIRTY. That’s not a gap-that’s a canyon.

Tether’s $3.3b freeze? Iconic. Over 2,800 of those blacklists were collabs with U.S. law enforcement, because nothing says “teamwork” like ruining a scammer’s day. 🚔

Tron hosted 53% of Tether’s frozen tokens-because of course it did. Meanwhile, Ethereum’s banned wallets are sitting on $1.54b in frozen USDT. That’s not just enforcement; that’s a flex.

Circle’s $109m freeze? Cute. They only acted when a judge made them, and they don’t even burn or reissue tokens afterward. Zero flair. Zero pizzazz. Just… compliance. 🙄

So, what’s the lesson? Tether’s out here playing 4D chess ♟️ with rapid freezes and asset recovery, while Circle’s like, “We’ll wait for the paperwork.” Different strokes for different stablecoin folks.

Bottom line: Issuer policies, jurisdiction drama, and enforcement styles shape how stablecoins handle the fun stuff-sanctions, investigations, and fraud. Choose wisely. Or don’t. We’re not your financial advisor. 😏

2025-12-25 14:04

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