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TRON, Tether, and Chainalysis Form Task Force to Combat Illicit Cryptocurrency Activity

Three major entities in the digital asset space have partnered to establish a task force aimed at identifying and freezing illicit transactions involving USDT on the TRON network.

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Three major entities in the digital asset space have partnered to establish a task force aimed at identifying and freezing illicit transactions involving USDT on the TRON network.

The Digital Crime Task Force aims to proactively trace illicit USDT on Tron and freeze funds before they move—just weeks after the trio’s near-identical T3 unit, built with rival firm TRM Labs, quietly collapsed. TRON, Tether, and blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis have joined forces to develop a major crypto crime task force against cryptocurrency-related crime, launching a new initiative focused on identifying suspicious transactions and disrupting illicit financial networks. The Digital Crime Task Force will hunt for scams, hacks and laundering involving USDT on TRON and pass leads to police, rather than wait for victims to report a crime.

The post Tether, TRON and Chainalysis Launch a Task Force to Freeze Illicit USDT Before It Moves appeared first on Unchained.

Decrypt reported the story as "Tron, Tether and Chainalysis Form a New Crypto-Crime Task Force—Replacing One That Just Collapsed."

3 sources have covered this story, including Decrypt, Bitcoinist and Unchained. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 8 hours ago.

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Unchained reported it first, Nov 12, 8:56 AM ET. 3 outlets carried it over 2h 39m, all in the center.All in the United States.

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Time since the first report

  1. FirstUnchainedNov 12, 8:56 AM ETCenter
  2. +1h 6mBitcoinistNov 12, 10:03 AM ETCenter
  3. +2h 39mDecryptNov 12, 11:36 AM ETCenter

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    Core event reported by 3 independent outlets across the spectrum.

    3 corroborating · 1 primary-source link

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    Key facts present in mainstream desks; corroboration thin from wires.

    3 corroborating

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