加密货币专家表示，随着美国对稳定币的调查，Tether 太大而不能倒闭

Cryptocurrency issuer Tether Holdings Ltd. is facing renewed scrutiny from US regulators and prosecutors over the potential use of its USDT stablecoin in illegal activities and to launder funds, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.

知情人士告诉《华尔街日报》，加密货币发行商 Tether Holdings Ltd. 正面临美国监管机构和检察官的重新审查，原因是其 USDT 稳定币可能用于非法活动和洗钱。

The Justice Department and Treasury Department have been investigating whether USDT has been used to fund terrorism, drug trafficking and hacking, or launder the proceeds of such activities, the Journal reported on Friday, citing the people.

《华尔街日报》周五援引知情人士的话称，司法部和财政部一直在调查 USDT 是否被用来资助恐怖主义、贩毒和黑客活动，或洗钱此类活动的收益。

One line of inquiry is whether sanctioned individuals and groups have used the stablecoin to evade US government restrictions, the report said. Those include Russian arms dealers and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the US has designated a terrorist organization.

报告称，调查的重点之一是受制裁的个人和团体是否使用稳定币来逃避美国政府的限制。其中包括俄罗斯军火商和被美国认定为恐怖组织的巴勒斯坦激进组织哈马斯。

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has been considering sanctioning Tether because of its use by sanctioned individuals and groups, the Journal reported, adding that the move would effectively freeze Tether’s assets in the US.

据《华尔街日报》报道，美国财政部外国资产控制办公室一直在考虑制裁 Tether，因为它被受制裁的个人和团体使用，并补充说此举将有效冻结 Tether 在美国的资产。

If Tether were sanctioned and barred from US financial markets, it “would be devastating,” John Paul Koning, author of the blog Moneyness, wrote on X.

Moneyness 博客作者 John Paul Koning 在 X 上写道，如果 Tether 受到制裁并被禁止进入美国金融市场，那“将是毁灭性的”。

“And the ramifications would extend far and wide -- all the way to one of the best-known firms on Wall Street: Cantor Fitzgerald LP, which took on Tether as a client last year to handle the almost $100 billion of Treasury securities that that the company says it owns to back up the value of its stablecoin,” Koning added.

“其影响将波及广泛——一直影响到华尔街最知名的公司之一：Cantor Fitzgerald LP，该公司去年接受 Tether 作为客户，处理近 1000 亿美元的美国国债。该公司表示，它拥有支持其稳定币的价值，”Koning 补充道。

Cantor Fitzgerald did not immediately return a request for comment on the Journal’s report.

坎托·菲茨杰拉德没有立即回复对《华尔街日报》的报道发表评论的请求。

In recent months, Cantor’s Chief Executive Officer Howard Lutnick has defended the company amid lingering questions about whether Tether truly has enough reserves to fully back the $1 peg should a loss of investor confidence lead to a crush of redemp

近几个月来，Cantor 首席执行官霍华德·卢特尼克 (Howard Lutnick) 为该公司辩护，因为人们一直质疑 Tether 是否真的有足够的储备来完全支持与 1 美元挂钩的货币，如果投资者信心丧失导致赎回受挫的话