Circle freezes $12.6M of USDC linked to privacy protocol Zama
The $12.6 million in USDC was likely frozen in connection with an ongoing but unrelated civil court case, according to onchain sleuth ZachXBT.
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
The $12.6 million in USDC was likely frozen in connection with an ongoing but unrelated civil court case, according to onchain sleuth ZachXBT.
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USD Coin is showing up inside the Stablecoins theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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