Conduit sues Tether over $2.76 million in frozen USDT
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Conduit filed a federal lawsuit in New York on Oct. 5, 2026, against four Tether entities over a $2.76 million USDT freeze. The complaint says the wallet had been frozen since Sept. 24, 2025, and seeks the return of the funds along with related damages and reserve profits. The filing also ties the freeze to a Brazilian investigation and says Conduit’s account had been used for payments activity before the freeze.
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Customers and counterparties using Conduit’s payment rails are the ones most likely to notice this immediately, because the company says its main operating account has been locked for more than a year and that working capital is tied up. That means settlement activity can be slowed while the wallet remains frozen, rather than operating normally.
What changes in practice is that Conduit has moved the dispute into federal court and is seeking access to the wallet again, plus damages and reserve profits. Before this filing, the funds were described as frozen and not returned; the wallet’s prior transaction history is still part of the record, even though that does not by itself change the freeze. (per crypto.news)
What remains unknown is the exact basis Tether used for the freeze and how the Brazilian investigation relates to Conduit’s wallet. The filings leave open whether the wallet was named in that investigation, and a court ruling or further disclosure would be needed to settle that point.
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