Circle, Tether freezes over $65M in assets transferred from Multichain
Multichain has suspended its operations after an unexplained transfer of crypto assets worth millions of dollars took place on July 6. Stablecoin issuers Circle and Tether have frozen over $65 million in assets tied to the suspected exploit of cross- chain router protocol Multi chain . The move follows unexplained large outflows from the Multi chain MPC bridge on July 6. According to the knowledge graph protocol 0xScope, three addresses that received at least $63.2 million in USD Coin (USDC) from Multi chain are now frozen. Another report from the Fantom Foundation notes that more than $2.5 million in Tether (USDT) had also been frozen from two addresses listed by Etherscan as "Multi chain Suspicious Addresses". Over $125 million worth in cryptocurrencies were withdrawn from multiple wallets on July 6, affecting Multichain’s Fantom bridge, as well Dogechain, Moonriver, Kava and Conflux's ecosystems. The cause of the abnormal transfer of assets remains unclear. Upd...