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Researcher: Mercado Bitcoin freezes near $7 million as stablecoin and gold tokens frozen

A Defiant report attributes to a researcher a figure of near $7 million in Mercado Bitcoin freezes. The post states that onchain records show Circle freezing USDC on Polygon and Paxos freezing gold tokens on Ethereum, while exchange withdrawals remain suspended.

Why “Unverified”

  • Reported by The Defiant alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet

1 independent source group across 1 post · evidence score 52/100. How labels work

What the sources claim

  1. A researcher puts the total of Mercado Bitcoin freezes at close to $7 million.

    “Researcher Puts Mercado Bitcoin Freezes Near $7 Million”
    The Defiant

  2. Onchain records show Circle froze USDC on Polygon. USDC

    “Onchain records show Circle freezing USDC on Polygon”
    The Defiant

  3. Onchain records show Paxos froze gold tokens on Ethereum.

    “Paxos freezing gold tokens on Ethereum”
    The Defiant

  4. Withdrawals from the exchange remain suspended.

    “exchange withdrawals remain suspended”
    The Defiant

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Summary and claims extracted by AI with prompt analyze-story@5 on 2026-11-02 17:10 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.