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Circle and Tether Freeze Wallet Tied to Bitget Hack

Circle and Tether blacklisted a wallet holding approximately $318,000 in USDT and USDC tied to the recent Bitget exploit, though the majority of stolen funds remain in ether outside of issuer freeze capabilities.

  • Circle and Tether blacklisted a wallet holding approximately $318,000 in USDT and USDC tied to the recent Bitget exploit, while most stolen funds remained in unfreezable ETH.

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What happened

Circle and Tether blacklisted a wallet holding approximately $318,000 in USDT and USDC tied to the recent Bitget exploit, though the majority of stolen funds remain in ether outside of issuer freeze capabilities.

Why it matters

Circle and Tether blacklisted a wallet holding approximately $318,000 in USDT and USDC tied to the recent Bitget exploit, while most stolen funds remained in unfreezable ETH.

What to watch

24h breadthMixed · 50/100
Latest available market pulse.A compact snapshot of whether BTC, ETH, SOL moved higher or lower over the prior 24 hours.
Lower50 = flatHigher

Tracked assets were close to neutral overall.

Breadth starts at 50, adds three points for each 1% of average 24-hour movement across the tracked assets, and is capped between 0 and 100.
BTC$84,306.00+0.41%
BTC was 0.41% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,691.86+0.10%
ETH was 0.10% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$120.14−0.41%
SOL was 0.41% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

CoinGecko snapshot at 04:58 UTC. Prices and 24-hour moves refresh automatically without rerunning the newsroom.

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What moved, and by how much.

This panel compares each provider quote with the quote 24 hours earlier. Editorial stories remain in the Editor-in-Chief’s priority order instead of being repeated or pulled into this fixed data region.

Mixed · breadth 50/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 04:58 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$84,306.00
+0.41%BTC was 0.41% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,691.86
+0.10%ETH was 0.10% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$120.14
−0.41%SOL was 0.41% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

Exact percentages are printed beside every row; color is supplemental.

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