{"id":80736,"date":"2026-04-13T18:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=80736"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:02:30","slug":"circle-wont-freeze-stolen-usdc-without-court-order-ceo-points-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=80736","title":{"rendered":"Circle Won&#8217;t Freeze Stolen USDC Without Court Order, CEO Points Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Circle Internet<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/CRCL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"CRCL\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/CRCL\">CRCL<\/a>) CEO <strong>Jeremy Allaire<\/strong> said the company only freezes USDC wallets when law enforcement or courts direct it to do so, as shares surged 9%.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Court-Order-Only Policy<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Seoul, Allaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2026\/04\/13\/circle-ceo-says-he-won-t-freeze-usdc-without-a-court-order-even-as-hackers-walk-away-with-millions\">explained<\/a> that USDC operates as a regulated financial product, not a tool for real-time intervention during hacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCircle follows the rule of law, and we are able to undertake actions such as freezing a wallet at the direction of law enforcement or the courts,\u201d Allaire said.<\/p>\n<p>He positioned USDC as part of the traditional financial system, subject to legal process. The company won\u2019t make freeze decisions on its own during an exploit\u2014it waits for formal requests from authorities.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Tether Does It Differently<\/h3>\n<p>Rival Tether, which issues the world\u2019s largest stablecoin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/USDT-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"USDT\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">USDT<\/a>), takes a more aggressive approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company has repeatedly frozen funds linked to hacks within hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In several &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51788384\/circle-wont-freeze-stolen-usdc-without-court-order-ceo-points-out?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Circle\" won freeze stolen usdc without court order ceo points out>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circle Internet (NASDAQ:CRCL) CEO Jeremy Allaire said the company only freezes USDC wallets when law enforcement or courts direct it to do so, as shares surged 9%. The Court-Order-Only Policy Speaking at a press conference in Seoul, Allaire explained that USDC operates as a regulated financial product, not a tool for real-time intervention during hacks. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-80736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}