Tether Freezes USDT Linked to Ledger User Thefts, MistTrack Says
Tether froze USDT tied to thefts involving Ledger users, and MistTrack placed reported losses near $90 million. Ledger also asked reseller CryptoBilis to stop sales and shipments of its devices.
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Ledger users and people handling its devices are the ones most directly affected today, because the freeze is tied to thefts involving their USDT and Ledger also moved to stop a reseller’s sales and shipments. That means users and customers face a tighter distribution and transfer environment around these devices and funds right now.
What changes in practice is that one channel for moving the linked USDT is frozen, and Ledger has told a reseller to stop selling and shipping devices. What stays the same is that the event is still framed around thefts involving Ledger users, so the broader issue of how those funds were taken is not resolved by the freeze itself.
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The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.
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Where this sits in the Tether series
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 11 days ago | USDT a 1 $ high | today it sits -0.1 % from there |
| today | USDT a 0.999 $ low | today it sits +0.0 % from there |
From what we have stored, starting 22 days ago.