Freeze guides

Longer answers than the FAQ, written from our own records. Every figure is taken from the database when the page is built.

• Tether froze my USDT. What do I do now?

  How to confirm a freeze, what it means on-chain, what usually happens next, and why nobody can unfreeze it for a fee.

• How to check a wallet before an OTC or P2P trade

  Four checks to run on a payer's address before you accept, what each result means, and what a check cannot tell you.

• Why does Tether freeze wallets?

  Who decides, how the multi-signature freeze works on TRON and Ethereum, and how many wallets are frozen each year.

• USDT on TRON vs Ethereum, and USDC: who can freeze what

  The three contracts compared: who can freeze each, how many signatures it takes, and how many addresses each blacklist holds.