Circle and Tether Act to Freeze Hacker Wallet Following Large-Scale Bitget Crypto Theft
In the wake of a high‑profile robbery that targeted Bitget, one of the world’s prominent cryptocurrency exchanges, two of the most influential stablecoin issuers—Circle, the company behind USDC, and Tether, the creator of USDT—took decisive action to impede further loss of the stolen assets. Both firms announced that they had added a specific blockchain address to their internal blacklists, effec…
Sept. 25, 2026, 2:41 p.m.