Tether Freezes USDT Worth $39 Million Linked To Xinbi Guarantee Tether freezes USDT worth $39.27 million across 10 Tron addresses tied to Guarantee, a Telegram-based marketplace, MistTrack re
Tether freezes USDT worth $39.27 million across 10 Tron addresses tied to Guarantee, a Telegram-based marketplace, MistTrack reported on September 8, 2026.
The Block later confirmed the figure through a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
As of September 9, 2026, the blacklisted wallets remain frozen, and this Tether freezes USDT Guarantee action stands as one of the issuer's larger single actions against a Telegram escrow network this year.
MistTrack on-chain tracing flagged the addresses holding 39,273,713 USDT, including one wallet, TWPma8xH48AEN93x2krdukV9e1j6sPsBeS, worth more than $10 million on Tron's public explorer.
The MistTrack USDT freeze alert set off wider coverage, and multiple outlets independently confirm Tether freezes USDT tied to the same 10 wallets, aligning on the Tether freezes $39 million USDT Tron figure.
Detail
Figure
Total frozen
$39.27 million (39,273,713 USDT)
Addresses blacklisted
10 Tron wallets
Largest single wallet
$10 million+
Date frozen
September 8, 2026
Xinbi Guarantee crypto operations began on Telegram around 2022 as an informal escrow and wallet service.
TRM Labs hasdescribed Xinbi as one of Southeast Asia's largest illicit marketplaces, estimating about $24.2 billion in transaction volume.
The UK became the first country to sanction Xinbi, imposing an asset freeze on March 26, 2026, per theofficial UK sanctions notice, which named two Tron addresses tied to Xinbi Company Limited.
This is not the issuer's first move against a Telegram marketplace. It earlier froze funds tied to Huione, another similar operation, in a pattern industry watchers now call the Huione Tether precedent.
Since 2022, the issuer's Tether illicit funds freeze total has passed $4.2 billion, largely across blockchain wallets, where the USDT blacklist mechanism operates at the smart-contract level.
The Xinbi Guarantee Tether wallet freeze leaves USDT Xinbi wallets frozen without touching other assets in the same address, echoing the broader Tether USDT Telegram marketplace approach first used against Huione.
Tether has not confirmed whether a law-enforcement request triggered this Tether blacklist Tron addresses action.
The Block's official account first surfaced sourced details of the freeze. 
Coin Bureau also covered this news in the tweet, framing it as Tether's latest crackdown and citing the $4.2 billion cumulative total frozen since 2022.
Analysts tracking blacklist activity say each time Tether freezes USDT linked to a guarantee marketplace, it signals growing willingness to act on on-chain intelligence ahead of formal law-enforcement confirmation.
Whether this discourages similar platforms or simply pushes volume toward less-monitored rails remains a question analysts continue to watch.
For more crypto news today, and ongoing crypto news on stablecoin enforcement, CoinGabbar will keep tracking this story as Tether and regulators update the record.
Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and is not financial or investment advice. Tether has not publicly confirmed the reason for the freeze at the time of publication. Verify details through official sources before drawing conclusions about any linked entity or address.