Circle, Tether freeze over half of the $126M assets stolen from Multichain breach

Circle and Tether have blacklisted five addresses containing $67.5 million worth of assets stolen from MultiChain on July 7. USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle froze three accounts holding $65 million worth of stolen assets, including 63 million USDC, PeckShield tweeted.

Timeline of Multichain, Tether

It looks like hackers are not taking a break at all as just a few hours after the Multichain hack, these bad actors are on the rampage again. This time around, they have taken to Twitter to circulate a phishing link.

Circle, the official issuer of USDC, the second largest stablecoin by circulating supply, has frozen $63 million from the Multichain hack. Compiled Etherscan data on July 7 shows that the stablecoin issuer froze $27.65 million, $30.1 million, and $5.5 million in three transactions, hampering the hacker's cash-out efforts.

Cross-Chain Router Protocol Multichain has issued an urgent warning to its users after approximately $126 million worth of cryptocurrencies were drained from its platform. The service has suspended operations, with all bridge transactions currently stuck on the source chains.

Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, is pushing a way to store value and beat fiat inflation with a gold-backed stablecoin called XAUT. The stablecoin offering from the company is a digital token backed by physical gold.

Tether says its Euro based stablecoin Euro Tether (EUR₮) and Tether Gold (XAU₮) will soon trade on XT.com. XT.COM Exchange is described as a “social-infused cryptocurrency exchange.

Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange, recently temporarily stopped processing withdrawals and deposits for several Multichain-bridged assets. In a Twitter post, the platform stated that these restrictions would take effect from the 7th of this month and remain in place for the foreseeable future.

Binance, the largest crypto exchange by volume, withdrew support for eight Multichain bridge tokens, effective July 7, 2023. The decision comes after the previous suspension in May due to a partial pause in the functioning of cross-chain routes in the Multichain (MULTI) protocol.

Tether has recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Georgia which will position Georgia as a central nucleus for blockchain and peer-to-peer technology. Paolo Ardoino, Tether's visionary Chief Technology Officer, expressed his enthusiasm for the alliance with the Government of Georgia, underscoring the shared ambition of cultivating a thriving environment for peer-to-peer technology.

Tether, the company behind the USDT stablecoin, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government of Georgia. The collaboration aims to establish the former Soviet republic as a hub for peer-to-peer and blockchain technology.

It's official: Tether takes another step forward on advancing crypto adoption, recently signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of Georgia to develop a blockchain, Bitcoin, and peer-to-peer infrastructure to promote innovation.