Hackers of Multichain Seek Profit with Circle and Tether Stealing Frozen Funds

Stablecoin issuers Circle and Tether have initiated action and blacklisted more than $67 million of stolen funds in USDC and USDT, which is around 50% of the stolen amount from the cross-chain protocol.

Timeline of Multichain, Tether

Blockchain data reveals that stablecoin firms Circle and Tether have frozen coins linked to the recent multi-million-dollar Multichain exploit. Earlier this week, blockchain security firm PeckShield found that Multichain, a cross-chain crypto platform, saw its Fantom (FTM) bridge hacked to the tune of $126 million worth of digital assets.

Hong Kong police are searching for a crypto scammer operation after an account was conned of HK$1 million The 29-year-old victim was duped into accepting fake bank notes in exchange for $127,750 in Tether's stablecoin USDT. Sources say the sour deal went down at a shop on Chatham Road South in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Renowned veteran trader and analyst Peter Brandt on Sunday tweeted about the puncturing of the much-speculated Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) bubble. What Happened: Brandt took aim at cryptocurrency enthusiasts who vocally denounce the US dollar while simultaneously holding assets via Tether on Binance, referring to the exchange as “the scam of the decade.

Multichain has reportedly halted its network on a suspected $130 million hack, a move that has come just a month after the initiative's CEO disappeared. The Multichain service stopped currently, and all bridge transactions will be stuck on the source chains.

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.

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.