Tether Freezes $131M USDT in Iran-Linked Wallets

Tether froze $131M in USDT across Iran-linked Tron wallets following geopolitical escalation in the Middle East, demonstrating stablecoin issuers' direct enforcement capability against sanctioned jurisdictions without traditional banking intermediaries. If you're building stablecoin infrastructure, compliance, or on-chain settlement rails, you now control the enforcement mechanism that governments want. Tether just proved it can freeze $131M unilaterally—regulators are watching to see if you'll do the same, and competitors are building to prove they will.