BitGo Takes Steps to Freeze a USD1 Address Linked to Stolen Funds
On October 29, 2026, BitGo said on its X account that it is taking steps to freeze USD1 at a specific address identified by World Liberty Financial as having received stolen funds. The company said its security team is actively monitoring the reported security incident and currently sees no signs of a security issue on the BitGo platform.
The action targets a specific address and does not affect other USD1 services, which remain active. The company said it will continue to monitor and provide updates as needed.
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Title: BitGo’s security team is actively monitoring the reported security incidents... Publisher: BitGo (@BitGo) Date published: 2026-10-29 URL: https://x.com/BitGo/status/2115926446682354143 Source nature: original post by the party involved Verification status: the full post was actually read this time (2026-10-29) Supporting content: core statements that it is freezing USD1 at a specific address, that no platform security issue was found, and that other USD1 services are not affected
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USD1 is issued by BitGo Bank & Trust, with the brand and part of the operations belonging to World Liberty Financial. BitGo’s terms explicitly reserve the right to freeze, escalate, and, in certain cases, restrict address transactions; at the contract level, on Ethereum and BNB Chain it supports drain or reallocate operations for frozen addresses. Public records to date show that USD1 has had only one prior small freeze (1 token on BNB Chain in March 2025).
In June 2026, World Liberty Financial froze HTX-related addresses, triggering a public dispute over the exchange delisting USD1 and converting user balances to USDT. As the reserve custodian and issuer, BitGo’s freezing authority applies directly to on-chain contracts rather than being limited to platform-internal wallets. This statement limits the action to a single address identified by World Liberty Financial and also denies any security issue on its own platform.
Compared with the common address-blacklist mechanism used by centralized stablecoins, USD1’s contract design allows balances to be further moved after a freeze. This targeted freeze of “stolen funds” shows the issuer’s ability to impose restrictions based on third-party identification information; however, the statement does not disclose the stolen amount, the address details, or an independent verification process for the source of the funds. The key observation is whether the address is subsequently frozen and whether any balance transfer is triggered.
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When a stablecoin issuer carries out a targeted freeze based on third-party identification information, the scope of the action depends on the boundary between contract permissions and its own platform security statements.
A targeted freeze does not change the status of other services, but the contract-level transfer capability means the restriction is not limited to locking the address.