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Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget: Exploit

The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act.

StatusUnder review
Reported loss$318
ChainNot specified
Confidence55%

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Record history

First seen: 2026-09-25T18:42:51.000Z. Last updated: 2026-09-25T20:25:15.296Z. Revision: 1.