How often does Tether freeze addresses?
Tether’s USDT contracts record every address they blocklist. We count those events on TRON and Ethereum so you can see how freezing works in practice: how many addresses, how many in each month, and how many have since been released. Every figure comes from the public chain. This is not a list of scam addresses, and we do not publish one.
Totals
Ethereum (USDT)
2,854
addresses blocklisted now, out of 3,197 ever blocklisted
Latest event in our data: 2026-11-06 UTC
TRON (USDT)
8,207
addresses blocklisted now, out of 9,193 ever blocklisted
Latest event in our data: 2026-11-07 UTC
Addresses blocklisted per month
The last 24 months with activity, both networks together. Bars show addresses newly blocklisted that month.
| Month | TRON | Ethereum | Released (both) | Blocklisted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11 | 53 | 13 | 9 | |
| 2026-10 | 486 | 54 | 19 | |
| 2026-09 | 535 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2026-08 | 238 | 47 | 14 | |
| 2026-07 | 441 | 48 | 32 | |
| 2026-06 | 309 | 55 | 14 | |
| 2026-05 | 291 | 37 | 511 | |
| 2026-04 | 416 | 35 | 121 | |
| 2026-03 | 754 | 133 | 29 | |
| 2026-02 | 189 | 40 | 15 | |
| 2026-01 | 157 | 47 | 36 | |
| 2025-12 | 152 | 45 | 5 | |
| 2025-11 | 206 | 49 | 20 | |
| 2025-10 | 216 | 88 | 29 | |
| 2025-09 | 316 | 54 | 11 | |
| 2025-08 | 209 | 48 | 12 | |
| 2025-07 | 1,069 | 89 | 50 | |
| 2025-06 | 175 | 20 | 89 | |
| 2025-05 | 342 | 58 | 9 | |
| 2025-04 | 252 | 34 | 12 | |
| 2025-03 | 224 | 64 | 115 | |
| 2025-02 | 175 | 33 | 23 | |
| 2025-01 | 173 | 75 | 8 | |
| 2024-12 | 218 | 47 | 6 |
How we count
- We read the AddedBlackList and RemovedBlackList events of Tether’s official USDT contracts on TRON and Ethereum. Each is a transaction anyone can look up.
- “Blocklisted now” means the latest recorded event for an address is a blocklisting.
- Tether’s USDT on other networks (for example Solana) uses different freeze mechanisms and is not counted here.
What these numbers do not mean
- They count addresses, not victims, scams or money. Nothing here measures how much was stolen or recovered.
- Tether blocklists addresses for several reasons, including law-enforcement requests, court orders and sanctions. The reason is not recorded on-chain.
- A blocklisting only stops that address moving USDT. It is not proof of wrongdoing, and an address that is not listed is not proof of safety.
Want to see whether one address has been blocklisted? Use the USDT checker or the TRON checker. Wondering whether Tether can freeze money you sent to a scammer? See the Crypto Forensics guides.