{"id":585184,"date":"2026-04-17T18:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=806837"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:45:51","slug":"circle-faces-lawsuit-after-drift-exploit-over-claims-it-took-no-action-to-freeze-the-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/circle-faces-lawsuit-after-drift-exploit-over-claims-it-took-no-action-to-freeze-the-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle Faces Lawsuit After Drift Exploit Over Claims It Took No Action to Freeze the Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/circle-class-action-lawsuit-drift-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Circle Faces Lawsuit After Drift Exploit as Claims It Took No Action to Freeze the Funds\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Crypto infrastructure providers are under rising pressure as a new lawsuit tests whether technical control can bring legal responsibility after a major hack. The case against Circle could influence how courts treat stablecoin and bridge operators during active breaches. Key Takeaways: Circle faces claims it failed to freeze stolen USDC after the Drift Protocol exploit. [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto infrastructure providers are under rising pressure as a new lawsuit tests whether technical control can bring legal responsibility after a major hack. The case against Circle could influence how courts treat stablecoin and bridge operators during active breaches. Key Takeaways: Circle faces claims it failed to freeze stolen USDC after the Drift Protocol exploit. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":585185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-585184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}