美国财政部表示，俄罗斯使用 Tether 来逃避制裁

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.

美国财政部副部长阿德瓦勒·阿德耶莫 (Adewale Adeyemo) 4 月 9 日向参议院银行、住房和城市事务委员会提交的书面证词称，俄罗斯越来越多地使用 Tether 的 USDT 稳定币等替代支付机制来绕过经济制裁。

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，越来越多的报道称恶意行为者利用 Tether 的稳定币进行非法活动。值得注意的是，美国和英国政府对价值超过 200 亿美元的加密货币交易启动了联合调查，这些交易可能违反了俄罗斯涉及稳定币的制裁措施。

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

尽管存在这些问题，Tether 仍然坚持遵守合规标准，并与执法机构持续合作，打击非法金融活动。

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

与此同时，Coinbase 首席法务官 Paul Grewal 断言，稳定币立法将有助于美国政府解决这一问题。他说：

“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.”

“通过将以美元计价的稳定币集中在美元的所在地来服务于美国的安全利益。如果我们有意愿做不仅仅是政治上的事情，那么储备管理规则、赎回权以及所有这些问题都不难解决。”

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.

恐怖融资 阿德耶莫的证词进一步指出，基地组织和巴勒斯坦伊斯兰圣战组织（PIJ）等恐怖组织正在利用“加密货币创新”绕过传统金融体系。

He said:

他说：

“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.”

“我们的问题是，行为者越来越多地寻找隐藏身份并使用虚拟货币转移资源的方法……我们的目标越有效，这些恐怖组织就越有理由调查虚拟资产。”

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，随着越来越多的恐怖分子、跨国犯罪分子和流氓国家转向数字资产，美国需要“建立一个能够防止这种[非法]活动的执法制度。”

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进一步透露，财政部已向委员会提交建议，以加强政府打击恐怖主义融资的能力。

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.

这些提案涵盖三项关键改革，包括实施二级制裁工具、现有当局的现代化和收紧以及减轻离岸数字资产平台带来的司法风险。

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.”

阿德耶莫强调，这些改革对于阐明美国“当数字资产实体利用我们的金融体系损害我们的国家安全时，当局如何进行域外干预”至关重要。

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

此外，改革将为美国虚拟资产服务提供商（VASP）创造公平的竞争环境。

He concluded:

他总结道：

“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.”

“美国非常希望确保我们的工具和权威可用并准备好减轻这个快速发展的生态系统中的风险，特别是基于美元的数字资产。”

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