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06/21 03:41

Your Stablecoins Could Be Frozen Without Warning,

#World Cup Predictions: 100,000 USDT Daily #TradFi Trading Strategies Sharing Challenge #HTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥 Your Stablecoins Could Be Frozen Without Warning, Even If You Did Nothing WrongCrypto users can lose access to legitimate funds when stablecoin issuers and institutions freeze assets because enforcement measures are not always precise enough to distinguish illicit funds from lawful holdings, according to Jan Philipp Fritsche, co-founder of Bermuda. He explained that legitimate users can sometimes be caught up in actions intended to target criminal activity.Stablecoin freezes are typically intended to target illicit assets, but innocent users can sometimes be impacted as well. In an interview with Bitcoin.com News this week, Jan Philipp Fritsche, co-founder of Bermuda, a privacy-focused compliance solution for Ethereum, stated that stablecoin issuers and financial institutions frequently lack the tools needed to execute enforcement actions with precision. Consequently, attempts to freeze assets linked to unlawful activity can occasionally produce unintended consequences, leaving legitimate users with restricted funds despite facing no allegations of wrongdoing. “Often, legitimate funds are only frozen by accident,” he said, adding: “ Stablecoin issuers and institutions sometimes need to freeze specific illicit funds in response to court orders; however, they often lack the capabilities to do so tactically and end up freezing legitimate funds as collateral damage.” Why Innocent Users Can Look Suspicious Legitimate funds may also be frozen because compliance systems can misread unusual but lawful activity. Fritsche indicated that some institutions depend on flawed heuristics to identify potentially illicit behavior, increasing the likelihood that innocent users are flagg

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