the company had frozen more than $1.567 billion in USDT linked to the potential exploit.
Cointelegraph reported that Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said Tether had frozen more than $1.567 billion in USDT linked to the potential exploit.
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- Tether's CEO is quoted as saying Tether froze more than $1.567 billion in USDT. Changpeng Zhao is quoted the same evening as saying Tether had frozen about $971 million. Hacken's timeline also shows 971.1M USDT frozen at 21:01. Compare with Cointelegraph reported that Changpeng Zhao said Tether and Circle had frozen approximately $971 million and $823 million respectively. (Cointelegraph). Side by side
- Tether's CEO is quoted as saying more than $1.567 billion in USDT was frozen. Elliptic says Tether froze the main attacker Ethereum wallet, locking 1.18 billion USDT, and then froze four more addresses. Compare with Elliptic said Tether froze the main attacker Ethereum wallet 37 minutes later, locking 1.18 billion USDT. (Elliptic). Side by side
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Cointelegraph reported that Blockaid said it had identified roughly $3.3 billion in suspicious transfers involving Binance-linked wallets across Ethereum, Arbitrum and Avalanche.
Blockchain security firm Blockaid said its team had identified roughly $3.3 billion in suspicious transfers involving Binance-linked wallets across Ethereum, Arbitrum and Avalanche.
Cointelegraph reported that Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said Tether had frozen more than $1.567 billion in USDT linked to the potential exploit.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company had frozen more than $1.567 billion in USDT linked to the potential exploit.
Cointelegraph reported that Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said Circle had frozen more than $800 million in USDC in coordination with law enforcement.
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said the company had frozen more than $800 million in USDC in coordination with law enforcement and would continue supporting the investigation.
Cointelegraph reported that Changpeng Zhao said the activity appeared to be a hack and that Tether and Circle had frozen approximately $971 million and $823 million respectively.
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao said the activity appeared to be a hack, adding that Tether and Circle had frozen approximately $971 million and $823 million, respectively. Zhao said he expected all user funds to be fully covered.
Cointelegraph reported that Arkham Intelligence identified wallets labeled binance-hacker-1029 holding approximately $5.84 billion, and noted that this is the wallets' reported holdings, not a confirmed estimate of stolen funds.
Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence later identified a collection of wallets labeled “binance-hacker-1029” holding approximately $5.84 billion in digital assets. The figure represents the wallets’ reported holdings rather than a confirmed estimate of stolen funds.