Circle and Tether Freeze $318,000 Linked to Bitget Hack According to CoinDesk, Circle and Tether blacklisted an address labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," freezing 218,023 USDT and 99,990 USDC, worth approximately $318,000 combined. Circle took action at 05:00 UTC on September 25, and MistTrack later confirmed that Tether had also blacklisted the address. The frozen funds represent only a small fraction of the stolen assets. MistTrack data shows that other attacker-linked addresses still hold more than 63,000 ETH, which stablecoin issuers cannot freeze.

Circle has funded $50K inside the Build with Gemini XPRIZE for the best agent built on Circle Agent Stack to move real USDC with no humans in the payment path. Join us in downtown LA alongside 1,500 builders, founders, and investors with @moonshots_pod. 190 teams entered. One winner will be decided live on stage. Watch the stream:

Circle Foundation is supporting Pacific Community Ventures with a grant for the Radiant Data Hub, an AI-enabled platform bringing data governance, predictive modeling, and impact tools to community lenders.

Circle Foundation is supporting Accion Opportunity Fund with a grant for Credit Compass 2.0, a tool that helps small business owners better understand loan eligibility and take practical steps toward accessing capital.

Circle Foundation is announcing its inaugural domestic grants to Accion Opportunity Fund and Pacific Community Ventures. Both organizations are using AI-enabled infrastructure to help expand access to capital for underserved small business owners. The grants reflect Circle Foundation’s approach to financial inclusion: investing in systems that help mission-driven lenders reach further, improve decisioning, and better demonstrate impact.

Circle 🤝 @binance Circle and Binance are continuing to build together through a new five-year commercial agreement to expand USDC access across emerging markets. Binance has also made a $100M strategic investment in Circle.

Circle is attending @Sibos 2026 in Miami. We’ll be joining banking and financial infrastructure leaders to discuss how regulated stablecoin infrastructure can support cross-border payments, treasury, tokenization, and AI-native financial workflows.