{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_tv4cllrnbgy2w5vo4zua","title":"Tether claims $550 million in Iran freezes, but $35 million slipped past Senate","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/tether-claims-550-million-in-iran-freezes-but-35-million-slipped-past-tv4cllrnbg","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_tv4cllrnbgy2w5vo4zua","seq":744744,"kind":"article","title":"Tether claims $550 million in Iran freezes, but $35 million slipped past Senate","url":"https://cryptoslate.com/tether-claims-550-million-in-iran-freezes-but-35-million-slipped-past-senate","summary":"Tether says it helped freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, while Democratic investigators on a Senate subcommittee allege that delays in blacklisting some identified wallets let tens of millions of dollars keep moving. A preliminary report released Sept. 28 by Democratic minority staff of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations analyzed 846 […] The post Tether claims $550 million in Iran freezes, but $35 million slipped past Senate appeared…","published":"2026-09-29T17:30:12Z","seen":"2026-09-29T18:27:17Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-cryptoslate-com-f55eb9","name":"cryptoslate.com","domain":"cryptoslate.com"},"via":"kite-cryptoslate-com-f55eb9","topics":["cryptocurrency","crime","featured","legal","stablecoins"],"authors":["Andjela Radmilac"],"entities":[{"id":"Q47528658","name":"Tether","type":"org"}],"image":"https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/tether-iran-usdt-freeze.webp","story":"st_tv4cllrnbgy2w5vo4zua","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.6000000238418579,"category2":"politics","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.75,"political":0.8999999761581421}]}