阿根廷法院命令 Tether 冻结与庞氏骗局相关的 350 万美元 USDT；加密货币公司协助调查

阿根廷司法系统最近下令 USDT 稳定币发行商 Tether 冻结与 Rainbowex 平台相关的约 350 万美元

Argentine Court Freezes $3.5 Million in USDT Linked to Ponzi Scheme; Crypto Firms Assist in Investigation

阿根廷法院冻结与庞氏骗局相关的 350 万美元 USDT；加密货币公司协助调查

Argentine judicial authorities have ordered Tether, the company that issues the USDT stablecoin, to freeze around $3.5 million in digital assets linked to the Rainbowex platform, which is being probed for allegedly operating a massive Ponzi scheme. Investigators are focusing their efforts in the town of San Pedro, in Buenos Aires, where thousands are said to have been scammed, according to local press reports.

阿根廷司法当局已下令发行 USDT 稳定币的公司 Tether 冻结与 Rainbowex 平台相关的约 350 万美元的数字资产，该平台因涉嫌运营大规模庞氏骗局而受到调查。据当地媒体报道，调查人员将工作重点集中在布宜诺斯艾利斯的圣佩德罗镇，据说那里有数千人被骗。

The freezing order from an Argentine court is aimed at dismantling Rainbowex’s financial network. The court also ordered the seizure of digital assets, cryptocurrency wallets, and bank accounts of those involved in the scheme to stop further financial dealings around the alleged fraud.

阿根廷法院的冻结令旨在瓦解 Rainbowex 的金融网络。法院还下令扣押参与该计划的人员的数字资产、加密货币钱包和银行账户，以阻止围绕涉嫌欺诈的进一步金融交易。

Tether has previously been involved in similar legal actions. The company has a mechanism that allows them to blacklist a particular wallet address upon a court order. With this, Tether will be able to stop any purchase from any wallet found on their blacklist. Once their system blacklists a wallet, any transactions in and out of USDT will be blocked.

Tether 此前也曾参与过类似的法律诉讼。该公司有一种机制，允许他们根据法院命令将特定钱包地址列入黑名单。这样，Tether 将能够阻止从其黑名单上发现的任何钱包进行的任何购买行为。一旦他们的系统将钱包列入黑名单，任何进出 USDT 的交易都将被阻止。

Crypto Firms Assist Argentine Authorities in USDT Seizure Case

加密货币公司协助阿根廷当局处理 USDT 扣押案

This centralized control, despite being built on the decentralized blockchain, is capable of freezing assets in USDT, a stablecoin that is fundamentally at odds with such a measure, Mansilla said. “The smart contract verifies if a wallet is blacklisted before performing the transaction,” Firtman explained, and if so, “the transaction does not get processed.”

Mansilla 表示，尽管这种集中控制是建立在去中心化区块链之上，但它能够冻结 USDT 中的资产，而 USDT 是一种从根本上与这种措施相矛盾的稳定币。 “智能合约在执行交易之前会验证钱包是否被列入黑名单，”菲尔特曼解释说，如果是，“交易不会得到处理。”

As in any process, this raises interesting questions about how centralized control in cryptocurrencies works in general, especially for a crypto like USDT that is backed by a stablecoin. It also opens up a scenario where funds can be locked possibly indefinitely.

与任何过程一样，这引发了关于加密货币的集中控制一般如何运作的有趣问题，特别是对于像 USDT 这样由稳定币支持的加密货币。它还开启了一种可能无限期锁定资金的情况。

Several cryptocurrency tracking firms, including Lemon Exchange, Chinalisys, and Qlue, are providing technical assistance to the investigation. Their support is key for Argentine authorities to track and analyze the data needed for the case to progress.

Lemon Exchange、Chinalisys 和 Qlue 等多家加密货币追踪公司正在为调查提供技术援助。他们的支持对于阿根廷当局跟踪和分析案件进展所需的数据至关重要。