Every stablecoin freeze and seizure on record — with evidence.

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Freeze and seize: a learning check

Most explanations of stablecoin freezes get at least one of these wrong. Every answer here is checked against our own record of 44,643 on-chain events, and each one shows you the transaction it came from.

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  1. A stablecoin wallet gets frozen. Who actually does the freezing?

    • The company that issues the token
    • The token itself, automatically
    • The blockchain network
    • Whoever holds the most tokens

  2. What is the difference between a freeze and a seizure?

    • Nothing — they are two words for the same thing
    • A freeze locks the money; a seizure takes it
    • A freeze is temporary; a seizure lasts a year
    • A seizure only happens to exchanges

  3. Can a frozen wallet ever be unfrozen?

    • No, a freeze is permanent
    • Yes — the issuer can reverse it, and sometimes does
    • Only by a court order
    • Only if the wallet is empty

  4. Some stablecoin contracts have no freeze function at all. What does that mean?

    • The issuer promises never to freeze anyone
    • The contract as deployed has no mechanism to freeze a wallet
    • The coin is safer than others
    • The coin is not a real stablecoin

  5. Why does the amount in a frozen wallet matter?

    • It does not — a freeze is a freeze
    • A wallet frozen holding $10 is a different story from one holding $1M
    • Larger amounts are unfrozen faster
    • It determines the network fee

  6. This tracker records a wallet as SANCTIONED. Where did that come from?

    • A government sanctions list, read off an official website
    • A listing published on-chain, to a contract we read
    • A score we assign based on the wallets it transacted with
    • A report from another wallet holder

Why these six

They are the six things people most often have backwards. One example: on USDT a block stops the wallet sending — coins can still arrive, and then they cannot leave. On USDC the block works in both directions. Most write-ups state one rule for both coins, and one of the two is always wrong.

The rest of the site is the same record the questions come from: 16,344 wallets with a restriction on file, 4,606 of them restricted somewhere other than USDT or USDC on Ethereum or Tron.

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Is the quiz free?

Yes, and there is no account. Nothing is emailed to you, nothing is required before you start, and your answers stay in the page.

How long does it take?

6 questions, about two minutes. Each one shows you the answer and why it is the answer as soon as you have chosen.

Where do the answers come from?

Our own record of 44,643 on-chain restriction events across 17 blockchains, as of 17 August 2026, plus the contracts themselves. Every figure in an explanation carries the date it was measured.

Does it score me?

It counts how many you got right. That is a tally of six questions, not a judgment about you — and it is never attached to your name, your wallet, or anything else.

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