Conduit sues Tether, demands unfreezing 2760000 USD USDT and damages
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Conduit said it had sued Tether, demanding the unfreezing of 2760000 USD USDT, and claiming at least the same amount in damages.
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Cross-border payments company Conduit sues Tether, demands unfreezing 2760000 USD USDT and damages
BlockBeats reports,October 7, cross-border payments company Conduit has sued Tether in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that the latter froze funds worth 2760000 USD worth USDT for more than 1 years without providing a reasonable explanation or releasing the funds. Conduit is seeking to have the relevant funds unfrozen and is additionally claiming at least 2760000 USD.
Conduit said the frozen wallet was equivalent to the company's “operating bank account,” and that the freeze stemmed from a Brazilian police investigation into its former client Onix Intermediações. However, Conduit said law enforcement never requested that its funds be frozen, and a Brazilian court also confirmed that Conduit was not under investigation in connection with the case.
Conduit also said that Onix had not used its platform since 2025 April and that the wallet in question was created approximately 1 months later and had never held Onix funds. The company said the frozen funds had affected its business operations, while Tether could still earn returns from the reserve assets corresponding to the frozen USDT.
Original link https://m.theblockbeats.info/flash/370511
Key points
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BlockBeats reported that Conduit had sued Tether in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Conduit accused Tether of freezing funds worth 2760000 USD worth USDT for more than 1 years without providing a reasonable explanation or releasing the funds.
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Conduit demanded that Tether unfreeze the relevant funds and additionally claimed at least 2760000 USD。
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Conduit said the freeze stemmed from a Brazilian police investigation into its former client Onix Intermediações.
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Conduit said law enforcement never requested that its funds be frozen, and that a Brazilian court also confirmed Conduit was not under investigation in connection with the case.
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Conduit said Onix had not used its platform since 2025 April and that the wallet in question was created approximately 1 months later and had never held Onix funds.
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Conduit said the frozen funds had affected its business operations, while Tether could still earn returns from the reserve assets corresponding to the frozen USDT.
AI-assisted interpretation
The following is analysis, separate from reported facts. Verify important claims independently.
This is a lawsuit concerning the freeze of USDT. Conduit believes that USDT in the wallet used for its operations was frozen for more than 1 years, but that the wallet was unrelated to the funds involved in the case concerning its former client Onix; it therefore demands unfreezing and damages. The above litigation claims and related circumstances currently come mainly from Conduit’s account and BlockBeats’ report.
Why it matters to readers
The incident involves USDT the issuer’s authority to freeze funds, the basis for the freeze, and the availability of companies’ operating funds, which may draw institutional users’ attention to stablecoin freeze risks and related procedures.
Holding USDT does not mean that funds can be freely transferred under all circumstances; this case shows that a wallet may be frozen because of an investigative connection. However, the available materials do not indicate that ordinary users face the same situation.
Risks and unknowns
The materials do not include the case file or publicly available complaint from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, so the filing and complete claims cannot be independently confirmed.
The materials contain no response from Tether, so the basis for the freeze and the current status of the funds cannot be confirmed.
The available materials do not allow verification of documents from Brazilian police or courts concerning Conduit’s relationship to the relevant investigation.
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Conduit’s statements that the wallet never held Onix funds, that the freeze affected its business, and that Tether earned returns on the reserves have not been independently verified.
The materials do not show that the incident had a direct impact on USDT price, redemptions, or the broader market.
Related concepts
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Cryptocurrency assets held by the example wallet mentioned in the text.
