ETH · early warning
0xadd…7436d
$1 000 USDT
18 мин назад
USDT Blacklist Early-Warning · Ethereum + TRON · Live
Informed users protected $80M+ USDT before the block.
Early warning gives a window of several hours — enough to move funds, dispute an erroneous block, or document a counterparty before the USDT is frozen.
Live stream — latest events
Live · refresh every 30s
TRON · early warning
TUqvA…4q3Wf
$11 247 USDT
23 мин назад
TRON · early warning
TRd8Y…NJYtN
$31 411 USDT
2 ч назад
TRON · early warning
TXjgm…D2HWP
$1.48M USDT
2 ч назад
Analytics · real-time data
USDT blacklist history — by chain, type & period.
22,553+ events since USDT launch. Each chart has its own filters — set the period, chain, and granularity for your scenario.
Frozen now
$3.47B
6 964 active addresses
Frozen all-time
$4.95B
sum of all ban events in history
Unfrozen all-time
$491M
sum of all unban events
Destroyed irreversibly
$1.24B
2 094 addresses burned
Events in archive
22 801
+1 096 in 30 days
Events in 24h
28
247 in 7d · 1096 in 30d
Events — on-chain transactions (preban / ban / unban / destroy). Addresses — unique wallets. The same address may go through multiple events during its lifecycle, so events always outnumber addresses.
Event frequency
How many preban / ban / destroy / unban occurred in each period
Preban4 996
Ban4 927
Destroy824
Unban536
Amounts in motion
How much USDT was frozen / destroyed / unfrozen in each period
Preban → ban reaction window
How many hours pass between the early warning and the block execution. Median — typical case; mean — accounting for long tails; P90 — worst "normal" case.
Distribution by window (entire selected period)
<1h
1 128
70.3%
1–4h
257
16.0%
4–12h
161
10.0%
12–24h
43
2.7%
1–7d
15
0.9%
>7d
0
0.0%
The blacklist is late: ban on empty addresses
While compliance procedures run and evidence is gathered, funds have time to leave. Every third Tether ban hits an already-empty address — balance ≤ $1 USDT. This characterizes the lag of the blacklist status.
32.3%
bans on empty addresses
1 590 of 4 921
Scale:0–5%5–20%20–40%40–60%60%+
Escaped funds (preban → ban)
Difference between balance at the preban alert and balance when the ban executed — what slipped away during the signing window.
$59.0M
escaped · 2.60% of $2268M preban exposure
4 915 pairs · peak: июл '25 · $46.4M
Bar color — share that escaped:<3%3–10%10–25%25–50%50%+line — % escape
Cumulative frozen addresses
How many unique wallets entered Tether's blacklist cumulatively at each period — separately for ETH and TRON. The curve grows monotonically: unban doesn't remove an address from "ever blacklisted".
213
total at end of period
+213 during window
Time patterns — when Tether acts most
Distribution of events by weekday (ISO) and UTC hour. Switch type — preban / ban / unban / destroy — they have different patterns.
Sat · 07:00
peak · 779 events
00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
779
Sun
Total by UTC hour
00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21
Total by weekday
Mon
717
Tue
767
Wed
680
Thu
941
Fri
639
Sat
1 018
Sun
165
The problem — and why the preban signal is worth it
USDT blocks arrive suddenly — and afterwards $1.2B has already burned irreversibly.
Executed
Frozen on addresses
$3.07B
USDT on ETH + TRON, 9,735 addresses. Assets remain but cannot move — isBlackListed == true.
Data verified on-chain · 2026-04-21
Destroyed
Full destruction of funds
$1.20B
Zeroed by Tether's decision — links to OFAC / sanctions / fraud. Cannot be recovered.
ETH + TRON · verified on-chain
Reaction window
Median preban → ban
4–18h
Time between the early warning and the actual block execution. In this window you can move USDT, dispute an error, or document a counterparty.
Across 450+ preban events · observed distribution
Data coverage
Full history
22 553
Events since USDT deployment (2017-11). Cross-checked with on-chain via QuickNode archive — zero gaps.
ETH: 7,394 · TRON: 15,159 · 0 gaps
How we catch the signal
From Tether's intent to block an address to the actual freeze, hours pass. We detect it at the earliest stage.
01
Early detection
We monitor on-chain in real time. When an address enters Tether's block queue, we capture the signal before the freeze actually executes.
02
Intent verification
We confirm the chain and address, capture the balance at the time of the signal, and deduplicate against known events. Only confirmed signals reach the channel.
03
Push to channel in <10s
REST API, WebSocket, Telegram bot. Payload includes chain, address, estimated window, and a link to the on-chain transaction for independent verification.
What you get with a subscription
Public tier — free Telegram feed. Premium — preban channel, API, watchlist. Enterprise — on-prem with multi-user.
Preban stream
Early-warning channel
Early alerts in a separate Telegram channel before the block executes. Available for Premium and Enterprise.
median latency · ≤10s
Counterparty
Network of linked addresses
Automatic discovery of addresses linked to a blocked one through recent USDT transfers. Helps you understand the scope of risk.
depth · 2 hops
REST API
Public API
GET /api/v1/events — cursor pagination, filtering by chain/type/address. No key required, IP-based rate limit.
api.cryptoalert.report · live
Watchlist
Personal addresses
Upload your list of addresses — receive alerts only for them and their counterparties. CSV import or via API.
up to 10,000 addresses · Premium
AML Intelligence
Address screening
Risk score via AMLCrypto BTrace when adding an address to the preban watchlist. OFAC links, mixers, mining pools, and sanctioned exchanges in a single badge.
50 / 300 / 1,000 checks per month
Webhook
Push to your system
HMAC-signed webhook to any URL. Retry policy, at-least-once delivery, idempotency key. For integration into a compliance pipeline.
Premium / Enterprise
History
Full archive since 2017
22,553 events since USDT deployment. Verified on-chain — 0 gaps. Filter by date, amount, chain for research.
ETH 2017-11 → · TRON 2019-04 →
TG Bot
Telegram bot
Interactive bot for address queries: /check 0x... — ban/unban history, balance, preban signals.
@cryptoalert_bot
Enterprise
On-prem box
Full stack on your infrastructure. Multi-user RBAC, audit logs, internal watchlist with no addresses leaking outside. Built for banks and CEXes.
Docker compose · HA-ready
Alerts
Delivery channels
Telegram, Slack, email, webhook. You can route alert types to different channels: preban — to compliance, ban — to support.
per-type routing
Referral program
Request code→A personal promo code gives −20% to your friends and 20% commission to you on each of their payments. No minimum volume, payouts in crypto.
Pricing
One-click payment — Telegram Stars or crypto via OxaPay directly on the site. The standard period is monthly; quarterly and annual options save up to 25%.
Free$0forever
Public TG channel (ban / unban / destroy) + 100 addresses on the ban watchlist and 1 preban teaser behind sign-up.
Promo or referral code
The code works with any payment method. When paying via Telegram Stars, the code is applied inside the mini-app.
Premium · tier 1
$199/mo
per month · $539 / 3 mo · $1,790 / yr
Crypto holders with significant USDT positions, individual traders, researchers.
Early warning for your addresses and their direct counterparties — a 15–60 minute window to move funds before the actual ban.
- →Preban alerts without delay
- →100 ban · 50 preban addresses
- →Tier-1: auto-tracking direct counterparties
- →50 AML checks per month when adding to preban
- →Watchlist CSV import / export
- →Telegram DM and email alerts
- →Private Status channel — health and maintenance
popular
Pro · tier 2
$459/mo
per month · $1,239 / 3 mo · $4,129 / yr
OTC desks, small exchanges and P2P platforms, AML teams.
Second ring of relationships — we track not just your counterparties but theirs too. Plus team-collaboration tools.
- →500 ban · 300 preban addresses
- →Tier-2: auto-tracking counterparties of counterparties
- →300 AML checks per month
- →Webhook alert channel (POST to your endpoint)
- →CSV import / export
- →Relationship graph — visualization (in development)
- →Private Status channel — health and maintenance
- →Priority support
Business · tier 3
$699/mo
per month · $1,889 / 3 mo · $6,290 / yr
CEX compliance teams, large OTC desks, P2P platforms with thousands of clients.
Industrial-grade operation: maximum coverage, SLA, API integration, and regulator-ready reporting.
- →2,000 ban · 1,000 preban addresses
- →Tier-3: three rings of counterparties
- →1,000 AML checks per month
- →REST API without rate limits
- →Webhook + CSV + relationship graph (in development)
- →Private Status channel — health and maintenance
- →SLA 99.9% uptime + preban latency guarantee
- →Invoice for legal entity + monthly reports
- →Dedicated chat with the project team
Enterprise
On request
on-prem · custom configuration
The software is yours — in the configuration you need, with custom adaptations for your processes.
We build the product around your infrastructure and requirements. Module set, integrations, alert delivery, reports, and user model — all configured for a specific organization: a bank, regulated exchange, government body, or corporate compliance.
- ▸Software runs in your environment. No telemetry, no calls home.
- ▸Source code access for security audit (under NDA).
- ▸Multi-user RBAC + audit logs out of the box.
- ▸SLA, custom integrations, updates on your schedule.
Beyond monitoring
Investigations, stolen-asset recovery, exchange unblocking, and extended AML
If it's already happened — or you need to dig deeper than the AML quota allows — we work with vetted partners. We accept the request and accompany you from the first consultation to the result.
Events in archive
22 553
verified on-chain · 0 gaps
Chains
2ETH · TRON
BNB / Solana — on the roadmap
Live webhook streams
4
preban + ban · per chain
Latency preban → alert
<10s
p95 · QuickNode → TG
FAQ — common questions
Didn't find the answer? Reach out via support, Telegram, or GitHub Issues.
How reliable is the preban signal?
Every preban is a real on-chain event — we don't interpret it, we record it. There are no false positives: either the event is on the chain, or it isn't.
Does preban ever get cancelled?
Yes. Historically about 3–5%. If no block happens within 7 days of the alert, we mark it as «expired».
What's the typical preban → ban window?
Median 4–18 hours. 90th percentile — 48 hours. OFAC cases close fastest (often <1h). Slowest are erroneous blocks that get reversed later.
What about other stablecoins — USDC, DAI?
USDT only for now. USDC and DAI have a fundamentally different centralized-approval architecture, so our early detection doesn't transfer directly. Each issuer needs separate work.
Is the API paid?
No, the public REST API is free at api.cryptoalert.report with an IP-based rate limit (60 req/min). Premium gets a personal key without a rate limit and access to the preban endpoint.
Where does the data live and who has access?
Postgres on our VPS (EU). Premium users' watchlist addresses are encrypted at rest. Enterprise — your on-prem, we don't see addresses at all. Details in the Security whitepaper.
Get a head start of hours before your first block.
Free tier — to see the alert format. Paid tiers — early preban channel, expanded watchlist, and AML checks. Cancel in one click.