Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals amid $40 million security incident

Unchained reports that Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin has suspended withdrawals following a security incident. Monitoring firm Hypernative identif...

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Unchained reports that Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin has suspended withdrawals following a security incident. Monitoring firm Hypernative identified over $40 million in outflows from wallets linked to the exchange. Mercado Bitcoin claims that no clients have lost money during this event.

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Source published: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:32:38 +0000

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