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Another day, another crypto courtroom cameo
Circle Internet Group is back in the legal hot seat. A Massachusetts federal court class-action says the company failed to step in fast enough while attackers were allegedly siphoning funds during the Drift Protocol exploit.
Why the plaintiff is mad
According to the filing, Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, or CCTP, allowed roughly $230 million of USDC to move from Solana to Ethereum over several hours on April 1. The lawsuit argues that Circle had the ability to freeze funds or otherwise intervene — and didn’t do it in time.
The investor angle
That’s the kind of allegation that sounds less like a software bug and more like, “Hey, whose job was it to hit the giant red stop button?” If the claims gain traction, Circle could be staring down not just legal costs, but questions about how much control it really has over the rails it built.
Big picture
For a stablecoin issuer, trust is the whole game. Every lawsuit like this is a reminder that in crypto, the code isn’t the only thing on trial — the company behind it is too.