Tron, Tether, and blockchain analytics company Chainalysis have launched a new task force to tackle cryptocurrency scams and track funds linked to illegal activities. The partnership comes as criminals increasingly use artificial intelligence to make fraud schemes more convincing and difficult to detect.
Named the Digital Crime Task Force (DCTF), the initiative will focus on suspicious transactions involving Tether’s USDT stablecoin on the Tron blockchain. The three companies plan to identify criminal wallets, share exchange intelligence with law enforcement agencies, and help freeze suspicious assets before they can move through multiple accounts.
The partnership brings together three companies with different responsibilities. Chainalysis will provide blockchain tracking and investigation tools, while Tron will offer visibility into transactions across its network. Tether, as the issuer of USDT, can freeze tokens held at identified wallet addresses when required.
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The task force will investigate several forms of financial crime, including investment scams, romance fraud, cryptocurrency theft, exchange hacks and activities linked to terrorist financing and North Korean cyber operations. According to the companies, reducing the time between identifying suspicious transactions and taking action will be a major priority.
The announcement follows the shutdown of the T3 Financial Crime Unit, an earlier collaboration between Tron, Tether and blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs. Established in September 2024, the initiative worked with law enforcement agencies to identify and freeze funds connected to suspected criminal activities.
By May 2026, T3 had reportedly frozen more than USD 450 million in illicit assets across 23 jurisdictions. However, the partnership ended in August following coordination and response-time challenges, according to a Bloomberg report. The new arrangement replaces TRM Labs with Chainalysis as the blockchain intelligence partner.
The task force's launch comes amid growing concerns about AI-assisted financial fraud. Chainalysis estimated that scams connected to AI tools generated an average of USD 3.2 million per operation in 2025, compared with USD 719,000 for other schemes. That represents approximately 4.5 times more revenue per operation.
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino also highlighted the growing speed of AI-powered criminal activity. He said the company had frozen more than USD 7 billion linked to illicit activity globally, demonstrating the scale of its existing enforcement efforts. The new task force aims to strengthen cooperation between crypto companies and investigators.