Can $7 in Crypto Freeze Your Account? HTX Dusting Panic Explained
Seven dollars you never asked for can now freeze your crypto account. Users blame an HTX dusting wave, a spray of tiny Tether (USDT) deposits that lands innocent traders in compliance trouble.
One Coinbase user says an unrequested 7.5 USDT transfer brought a closure threat. HTX denies sending anything, just five days before Binance blocks HTX transfers on August 23.
Unsolicited Deposits Put Exchange Accounts on Ice
Pseudonymous trader 0xZiye posted the first complaint early Tuesday. The trader's Coinbase deposit address received 7.5 USDT from a wallet tagged as HTX. Reportedly, Coinbase then demanded an explanation or the account would be closed.
"HTX is crazily transferring out small amounts, polluting other addresses.. My Coinbase received 7.5u of Brother Sun's poisoning.. Right now, Coinbase says if they don't explain it clearly, they'll just close the account…," they posed.
Chinese crypto commentator AB Kuai Dong soon reported the same pattern among several industry insiders. Small HTX-labeled deposits arrived. Accounts froze soon after the money landed.
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