美國財政部表示，俄羅斯使用 Tether 來逃避制裁

US Treasury Deputy Secretary Adewale Adeyemo said Russia was increasingly using alternative payment mechanisms like Tether’s USDT stablecoin to bypass economic sanctions, according to his written testimony on April 9 to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.

美國財政部副部長阿德瓦勒·阿德耶莫(Adewale Adeyemo) 4 月9 日向參議院銀行、住房和城市事務委員會提交的書面證詞稱，俄羅斯越來越多地使用Tether 的USDT 穩定幣等替代支付機制來繞過經濟制裁。

This remark follows increasing reports that malicious actors used Tether’s stablecoin for their illicit activities. Notably, the US and UK governments launched a joint investigation into crypto transactions worth over $20 billion that may have violated Russian sanctions involving the stablecoin.

在此之前，越來越多的報導稱惡意行為者利用 Tether 的穩定幣進行非法活動。值得注意的是，美國和英國政府對價值超過 200 億美元的加密貨幣交易啟動了聯合調查，這些交易可能違反了俄羅斯涉及穩定幣的製裁措施。

Despite these issues, Tether has maintained its commitment to compliance standards and ongoing cooperation with law enforcement bodies to fight against illicit financial activities.

儘管有這些問題，Tether 仍堅持遵守合規標準，並與執法機構持續合作，打擊非法金融活動。

Meanwhile, Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, asserted that stablecoin legislation would help the US government address this issue. He said:

同時，Coinbase 首席法務官 Paul Grewal 斷言，穩定幣立法將有助於美國政府解決這個問題。他說：

“US security interests are served by centering dollar-denominated stablecoins in the home of the dollar. Reserve management rules, redemption rights and all that aren’t hard to address if we have the will to do more than politic.”

「透過將以美元計價的穩定幣集中在美元的所在地來服務美國的安全利益。如果我們有意願做不僅僅是政治上的事情，那麼儲備管理規則、贖回權以及所有這些問題都不難解決。”

Terrorist financing

Adeyemo’s testimony further pointed out that terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) were taking advantage of “innovations in crypto” to bypass the traditional financial system.

恐怖主義融資 阿德耶莫的證詞進一步指出，蓋達組織和巴勒斯坦伊斯蘭聖戰組織（PIJ）等恐怖組織正在利用「加密貨幣創新」來繞過傳統金融體系。

He said:

他說：

“Our problem is that actors are increasingly finding ways to hide their identities and move resources using virtual currency…The more effective our targeting has been, the more reason there is for these terrorist groups to look into virtual assets.”

“我們的問題是，行為者越來越多地尋找隱藏身份並使用虛擬貨幣轉移資源的方法……我們的目標越有效，這些恐怖組織就越有理由調查虛擬資產。”

Consequently, Adeyemo said the US needs “to build an enforcement regime that is capable of preventing this [illegal] activity as more terrorists, transnational criminals, and rogue states turn to digital assets.”

因此，阿德耶莫表示，隨著越來越多的恐怖分子、跨國犯罪分子和流氓國家轉向數位資產，美國需要“建立一個能夠防止這種[非法]活動的執法制度。”

Reforms

Adeyemo further disclosed that the Treasury Department has submitted proposals to the Committee to strengthen the government’s capabilities in countering terrorist financing.

ReformsAdeyemo進一步透露，財政部已向委員會提交建議，以加強政府打擊恐怖主義融資的能力。

These proposals encompass three key reforms, including implementing a secondary sanctions tool, the modernization and tightening of existing authorities, and mitigating jurisdictional risks posed by offshore digital asset platforms.

這些提案涵蓋三項關鍵改革，包括實施二級制裁工具、現有當局的現代化和收緊以及減輕離岸數位資產平台帶來的司法風險。

Adeyemo emphasized that these reforms are crucial in clarifying how US “authorities can reach extraterritorially when digital asset entities harm our national security while taking advantage of our financial system.”

阿德耶莫強調，這些改革對於闡明美國「當數位資產實體利用我們的金融體系損害我們的國家安全時，當局如何進行域外幹預」至關重要。

Additionally, the reforms will create a fair playing field for US-based Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs).

此外，改革將為美國虛擬資產服務提供者（VASP）創造公平的競爭環境。

He concluded:

他總結：

“The United States has a strong interest in ensuring that our tools and authorities are available and ready to mitigate the risks in this quickly evolving ecosystem, including for dollar-based digital assets in particular.”

“美國非常希望確保我們的工具和權威可用並準備好減輕這個快速發展的生態系統中的風險，特別是基於美元的數位資產。”

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