【Breaking】On November 12, Tron, Tether, and Chainalysis jointly announced the formation of the Digital Crime Task Force to combat illicit activity involving USDT on the Tron blockchain. The task force will use Chainalysis’s on-chain data and AI tools to identify suspicious activity, provide leads to law enforcement, and assist with freezing funds. Its focus will include investment scams, romance scams, crypto theft, terrorist financing, North Korean hacking operations, and money laundering by drug trafficking organizations.
The task force replaces the T3 Financial Crime Unit, previously formed by Tron, Tether, and TRM Labs. T3 was established in September 2024 and disbanded at the end of August 2026. Bloomberg reported on November 4 that reasons for its dissolution included slow responses and coordination problems. Tether said T3 had frozen more than $450 million in illicit assets by May 2026; Tether has frozen a total of more than $7 billion in funds linked to illicit activity.
(Source: Cointelegraph, Crypto.news, November 12, 2026)
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The task force replaces the T3 Financial Crime Unit, previously formed by Tron, Tether, and TRM Labs. T3 was established in September 2024 and disbanded at the end of August 2026. Bloomberg reported on November 4 that reasons for its dissolution included slow responses and coordination problems. Tether said T3 had frozen more than $450 million in illicit assets by May 2026; Tether has frozen a total of more than $7 billion in funds linked to illicit activity.
(Source: Cointelegraph, Crypto.news, November 12, 2026)
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