24 months of on-chain data
24 months of on-chain data
7,562 blacklist events
7,562 blacklist events
Ethereum + Tron
Ethereum + Tron
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BitOK Research
Report №07
Released May 2026
Tether froze $822M
in USDT last year.
Tether froze $822M
in USDT last year.
BitOK Research
We tracked exactly how + where $127M escaped. And what it means for
anyone holding or moving USDT.
We tracked exactly how + where $127M escaped. And what it means for
anyone holding or moving USDT.
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What's inside the report
What’s inside the report
01 ─ The gap
01 ─ The gap
The freeze
window, quantified.
The freeze
window, quantified.
Every blacklisting has a public delay between
request and execution. We traced $127.6M leaving
wallets inside that gap, a 6.1x increase in a single
year.
Every blacklisting has a public delay between
request and execution. We traced $127.6M leaving
wallets inside that gap, a 6.1x increase in a single
year.
02 ─ The mechanics
02 ─ The mechanics
How Tether
freezes wallets.
How Tether
freezes wallets.
- The multisig architecture - The blacklist
functions - The new atomic-burn pattern
that collapses the window to zero.
- The multisig architecture - The blacklist
functions - The new atomic-burn pattern
that collapses the window to zero.
03 ─ The geography
03 ─ The geography
Ethereum vs Tron, measured.
Ethereum vs Tron, measured.
- Where freezes concentrate - Where
interception succeeds - How Tron became an
industrial-scale operation.
- Where freezes concentrate - Where
interception succeeds - How Tron became an
industrial-scale operation.
04 ─ The fix
04 ─ The fix
Why real-time
visibility isn't enough.
Why real-time
visibility isn’t enough.
What Tether's September 2025 transparency
move actually changed + the 3 structural
fixes that would close the gap.
What Tether’s September 2025 transparency
move actually changed + the 3 structural
fixes that would close the gap.