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Capstone: Cybersecurity Incident
US federal prosecutors seized bank accounts belonging to Capstone, a payments firm operating on behalf of Tether and Bitfinex, signaling regulatory enforcement action and operational disruption to stablecoin infrastructure.
Source: Finextra — Payments
- Who
- Capstone · Executive Search & Recruitment · USA
- What happened
- US federal prosecutors seized bank accounts belonging to Capstone, a payments firm operating on behalf of Tether and Bitfinex, signaling regulatory enforcement action and operational disruption to stablecoin infrastructure.
- When
- 2026-09-25
- Source
- Finextra — Payments
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Capstone: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Executive Search & Recruitment median of 1 across 3 tracked companies.
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