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Circle

2026-09-29 03:30:00

Circle freezes another $211,000 in USDC tied to Bitget hack

Circle has frozen another roughly $211,000 in USDC linked to stolen Bitget funds, according to on-chain investigator tanuki42. The investigator said the funds were being moved through Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, or CCTP, between an EVM network and Noble. One transfer became stuck in transit because of Noble-side bridging limits, creating a narrow window before the quota reset. During that period, the team worked with Circle to blacklist the target address, preventing the transfer from settling. As a result, about $211,000 is now stranded between Noble and Ethereum. Tanuki42 said the funds may still be recoverable through legal procedures. The update points to another instance of stablecoin issuer intervention being used to block the movement of hack-related assets while they remain in an incomplete cross-chain state.

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Bitget

2026-09-29 03:25:30

Investigator says Circle froze about $201,000 tied to Bitget hack

Independent blockchain investigator tanuki42 said on X that they coordinated with Circle to freeze roughly $201,000 linked to the Bitget theft, marking another recovery step tied to the case. According to the post, the address involved had attempted to move funds between an EVM network and Noble. The transfer flow ran into a limit in Circle Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, or CCTP, on outbound transfers from Noble. tanuki42 said one transaction hit that cap and was pushed into a pending state instead of completing. That pause gave Circle time to blacklist the destination address before the transfer limit reset. As described in the post, the funds are now stuck between Noble and Ethereum. The statement did not provide additional details beyond the amount frozen, the transfer route, and the mechanism that led to the blacklist action.

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Bifrost

2026-08-09 07:10:51

Bifrost Hit by Liquidity Pool Hack, $720K in Assets Traced to Binance

Bifrost has reported a security breach in which a hacker exploited liquidity pool vulnerabilities and stole approximately $720,000 worth of assets. According to Bifrost's monitoring, the attacker drained funds from the vDOT single-asset pool, as well as the vASTR/ASTR and vMANTA/MANTA pools. The stolen assets were deposited into HitBTC and later transferred to Binance. Bifrost has contacted Binance's security team to request a fund freeze, and has also submitted a report to law enforcement, including an on-chain evidence package covering transaction tracing, wallet addresses, and timestamps. In the meantime, Bifrost has suspended all liquidity mining rewards and launched a comprehensive security review. No details about the vulnerability's root cause or the identity of the attacker have been disclosed so far.

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Coldcard

2026-08-02 05:51:39

229.72 ETH tied to Coldcard wallet hack deposited to Duel.comcasino, victim seeks freeze

Monitoring cited by Odaily and attributed to Galaxy’s head of research says funds linked to a Coldcard wallet hack were moved into Duel.comcasino after a cross-chain swap through THORChain. The case involves nearly 30 BTC in total, with 17 BTC swapped into ETH before the proceeds were sent on. The reported deposit reached 229.72497255 ETH, valued at about $445,000. According to the report, the victim and a researcher emailed all known Duel.comcasino addresses with a request to freeze the funds and included transaction and deposit records. The victim said the platform replied that its team would need to be contacted by police. Duel.comcasino’s anti-money laundering policy says it carries out know-your-customer checks and complies with relevant laws. The notice to the platform was reportedly sent within minutes of the deposit being completed. As of the latest update, the funds had not been frozen. The victim said a police report could not be filed until at least Monday because most of the Western world was already past midnight when the incident unfolded. If Duel.comcasino does not freeze the assets, the victim said legal action will be pursued.

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Jubi

2026-07-24 03:15:15

Jubi Victims Told to Freeze Funds First Instead of Chasing People

Rights protection expert Darcy said Jubi victims should focus on filing cases, tracing fund flows, and seeking freezes through platforms such as Binance and Cobo instead of prioritizing cross-border pursuit of individuals.

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Kelp DAO

2026-06-01 14:09:52

Kelp DAO Hacker Launders $220M in Stolen Funds, Recovery Hopes Fade

The Kelp DAO hacker laundered around $220 million of stolen funds, rendering them untraceable, with only $71 million frozen by Arbitrum’s Security Council. Recovery hopes have faded.

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