A post on X blew up: 86,000 impressions, and just one question—aren’t Bitcoin and USDT decentralized? So how can they still be frozen? What’s the point of decentralization, then?

First, let’s separate two things.$BTC No one can freeze on-chain transfers, but the balance can be frozen after you deposit it into an exchange. USDT is different: Tether has the power to blacklist addresses and freeze them at will. That’s the issuer’s authority, and it has nothing to do with decentralization.

What’s really got people stuck is custody. If the coins are in your own wallet and you hold the private keys, no one can touch them. If you leave them on a platform, all you have is a number representing what the platform owes you. A lot of people are blaming the wrong thing: they blame Bitcoin, when they should be asking themselves who they handed their coins over to.

Focus on one point: stablecoin issuers’ power to freeze assets is the most concrete lever in this round of regulatory debate. On-chain freedom and custodial freedom have never been the same thing.

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