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Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist
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What the source reports
The stablecoin issuer blacklisted a wallet holding about $318,000 in USDT and USDC. Most of the stolen funds sit in ether, which can't be frozen.
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