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CryptoTokenPostKorean, translatedFiled 10 h ago

T3 to disband in August 2026... Joint crime response team of Tether, Tron, and TRM Labs

Original headlineT3, 2026년 8월 해산…테더·트론·TRM 랩스 공동 범죄대응팀

Open the sourceReported by TokenPost, tokenpost.kr, 4 November 2026, by 김미래
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T3, the joint financial-crime unit formed by Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs in September 2024, disbanded in August 2026, roughly two years after launch, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter who pointed to response delays and coordination problems among the partners. The unit was created to trace and freeze USDT linked to crime on the TRON chain, and by May 2026 it had frozen more than $450 million in crime-related assets. The wind-down removes a dedicated cross-party enforcement channel for the largest stablecoin issuer and a major USDT settlement network, leaving the partners' bilateral arrangements and TRM Labs' analytics as the remaining coordination mechanisms. What to watch next is whether Tether and TRON sustain comparable freeze volumes without the joint unit and whether the partners disclose an official reason for the split.

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