🔥“Two Years Freeze of $3.29 Billion! USDT vs USDC: Who Is the ‘Most Ruthless Stablecoin Enforcer’?”🔥

Against the backdrop of stablecoins moving towards global compliance, a problem that many are reluctant to face but cannot avoid—freezing—has been brought to the forefront.

A recent report directly examined the freezing behaviors of USDT (Tether) and USDC under a microscope.

1. Freeze Data Comparison: The Gap Is Not Small

From 2023 to 2025, in just two years:
• USDT (Tether)
• Frozen addresses: 7,268
• Frozen amount: $3.29 billion
• Over half of the frozen addresses are on the Tron network
• USDC
• Frozen addresses: 372
• Frozen amount: about $110 million

A simple calculation:
• Number of frozen addresses: nearly 20 times difference
• Frozen amount scale: about 32 times difference

Honestly, this gap cannot be fully explained by “different scales” alone.

2. Why Is the Gap So Big? The Core Lies in “Compliance Strategies”

The report points out that the real difference is not user scale, but—
👉 the completely different enforcement and compliance routes taken by the two issuers.

1️⃣ USDT: Proactive Enforcement
Tether adopts a highly aggressive compliance model:
• Collaborates with 275 law enforcement agencies worldwide
• Responds proactively to enforcement requests
• Freezes suspicious addresses directly
• Wide coverage, quick actions, strong力度

Summary: 😐
“Better to freeze more than miss one.”

2️⃣ USDC: Conservative and Restraint
USDC’s issuer is noticeably more “restrained”:
• Only responds to court orders and clear regulatory requirements
• Does not proactively expand freezing scope
• Freezing behaviors show:
• Fewer in number
• Concentrated amounts
• Strict triggering conditions

Summary: 🫡
“Only freeze when necessary.”

3. Assistance and Damage Compensation Mechanism: Clear Attitude Differences

After freezing, what users really care about is—can the funds be recovered?

USDT’s attitude: Relatively proactive
• Supports Burn & Reissue mechanisms
• Willing to cooperate with law enforcement to assist in damage recovery under compliance
• In theory, leaves a way out for victims or “wrongly affected users”

USDC’s attitude: More passive
• Does not support burn and reissue mechanisms for now
• Limited space after freezing
• Operations are more rigid

4. From a Real Case Perspective: Freezing Is Easy, Unfreezing Is Difficult

Based on our team’s practical experience over the past two years, the data in the report is highly consistent with reality.
• USDT unfreezing cases:
• Numerous
• Large amounts
• Many consultations and practical unfreezing cases
• USDC unfreezing cases:
• Very few
• Only 2 cases in two years
• Also not large amounts

But we must be honest:

Unfreezing USDT is really difficult.

5. Why Is the Success Rate of Unfreezing Not High? The Core Reasons Are These

1️⃣ Strict identity verification requirements
• Clear personal or corporate identity
• Verifiable and traceable

2️⃣ High evidence requirements for “Good Faith Acquisition”
• Complete transaction chain
• Reasonable transaction logic
• Able to explain the source and use of funds

3️⃣ Customer cooperation is insufficient
• Unwilling to provide identity information
• Cannot provide transaction proof
• Or the transaction itself has compliance flaws

Many cases are not impossible to resolve, but simply cannot be advanced at all.

6. Typical Case: Taiwan Police USDT Freezing Incident

Last year, Taiwan police froze a large number of USDT addresses.

But ultimately:
• Due to missing identity information
• Insufficient transaction evidence
• Plus the high standards of law enforcement agencies

👉 The unfreezing process was extremely difficult, with almost no successful cases.

7. But It’s Not a “Dead End”

It’s important to emphasize:
• As long as identity is clear
• Transactions are genuine and legal
• Willing to cooperate with law enforcement

👉 There are successful unfreezing cases of USDT
And there have been real precedents before.

It’s entirely possible to fight for it, rather than give up outright.

8. Summary & Extension: The Future of Stablecoins Is Clearly Written

It can be stated very clearly:
• Stablecoins are moving towards comprehensive regulation and compliance
• Issuers will cooperate more and more with law enforcement
• The space for “playing edge” with stablecoins:
• Is rapidly shrinking
• Could be sealed off at any time

But conversely:

If you are a compliant user who was mistakenly frozen, and you have complete evidence—
Be sure to seek your rights through legal channels, and don’t give up easily.

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