😵💫U.S. Expands Power to Freeze Crypto Wallets 🧊₿
The U.S. government is quietly building more legal tools that allow authorities to freeze crypto wallets and digital assets tied to crime, sanctions, or investigations. 📌👉full story
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A key development is the GENIUS Act, a new law creating the first federal framework for stablecoins. It requires issuers like USDC to follow strict anti-money-laundering rules and cooperate with regulators including freezing wallet addresses linked to illegal activity.
At the same time, the U.S. Treasury has proposed new rules that could allow crypto exchanges to temporarily freeze suspicious funds before a court warrant, giving investigators time to examine possible fraud, hacks, or sanctions evasion.
Meanwhile, the Treasury’s OFAC sanctions powers already allow the U.S. government to blacklist crypto wallet addresses connected to cybercrime, terrorism financing, or hostile states. When this happens, exchanges must block the wallets and report the funds.
Stablecoin issuers can also freeze tokens directly on the blockchain and billions of dollars in crypto have already been frozen through enforcement actions.
As crypto grows, regulators say stronger controls are needed to fight crime. Critics warn it could undermine the decentralised vision crypto was built on.
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