Tether and Circle Freeze $2.49 Million in Stablecoins at Iranian Exchange Wallex, Assets Urgently Transferred to BSC
Tether and Circle have blacklisted the Ethereum hot wallet of Iranian exchange Wallex, freezing approximately $117,000 in USDT and USDC. Wallex transferred $2.49 million in assets to another BSC address hours before the freeze, suggesting coordinated compliance enforcement by stablecoin issuers. This incident reflects increasingly strict regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrency platforms associated with Iran.
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