Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
decrypt · 2026-09-26
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.