{"id":14308,"date":"2026-10-10T00:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=14308"},"modified":"2026-10-10T00:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:22:48","slug":"tether-freezes-1-4m-in-tron-vaults-and-thorchain-stalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=14308","title":{"rendered":"Tether freezes $1.4M in TRON vaults and THORChain stalls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THORChain’s TRON operations were interrupted on Oct. 9 after a USDT vault blocklist, according to reports by its co-founder Chad Barraford and researcher Khal. The researcher put the affected balance at about 1.45 million USDT.<\/p>\n

Both accounts later reversed the restrictions, according to updates from both accounts. At 3:35 p.m. UTC, Barraford said the addresses appeared unfrozen, and trading would resume soon. At 3:58 p.m. UTC, Khal reported that TRON USDT swaps had resumed. The earlier payout queue describes the interruption before the reported resumption of swaps.<\/p>\n

In his initial analysis, Khal reported that block 86958330 blocklisted four of THORChain’s six TRON vaults. Those vaults held 93% of the protocol’s TRON USDT, concentrating the disruption in the balances needed to process payments on that route.<\/p>\n

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He reported that TRON trading, transaction signing, and liquidity-provider actions halted about 27 minutes later, with roughly $363,000 in payouts queued during the freeze.<\/p>\n

Barraford said the protocol received no communication before the action and didn’t know why it happened. Khal argued that the vaults may have been caught in a broader blocklist that included roughly 30 other wallets.<\/p>\n