Mercado Bitcoin Faces $40 Million Hack Fallout as Withdrawals Halt and Transfers Surge

11/03/2026

Brazil's largest crypto exchange stopped withdrawals after more than $40 million in plain transactions left platform-linked wallets on at least 10 blockchains.

11/02/2026

Brazil’s exchange Mercado Bitcoin paused deposits and withdrawals after a security breach, saying customer funds and data were safe.

11/02/2026

Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after a security incident. Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack.

11/02/2026

The Brazilian exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after wallets on at least 10 chains were emptied, days after the $6.3 billion Binance hack.

11/02/2026

Mercado Bitcoin froze deposits and withdrawals on Monday, November 2, following a breach of one of its systems. The exchange, which is the largest in Brazil, says no customer lost money and that...

11/02/2026

Brazilian crypto broker Mercado Bitcoin said it would absorb a $40 million loss and that no customer losses were expected after a hack on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on digital-asset...

11/02/2026

Blockchain security companies said more than $46 million left the Mercado Bitcoin platform.

11/02/2026

The exchange said restoration work was continuing and released tracking addresses, without giving a reopening timetable or financial amount. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto...

11/02/2026

More than $9.1 million in crypto linked to the Mercado Bitcoin security incident has been frozen, while Arkham tracks $46.5 million.

11/02/2026

The tracker groups 36 addresses. Mercado Bitcoin says customers suffered no losses but has not disclosed a total loss.... Read the full story at The Defiant

11/02/2026

Mercado Bitcoin has suspended deposits and withdrawals following a security incident, while Tether has frozen more than 4.5 million USDT linked to the case.

11/02/2026

The exchange says customers suffered no losses. Its latest disclosure links the incident to destination wallets receiving bitcoin, ether and other assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant

11/02/2026

Ethereum and Tron records confirm blacklist actions against exchange-identified wallets, while deposits and withdrawals remain suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant

11/02/2026

Tether has blacklisted two more of the attacker's addresses, on Ethereum and Tron, freezing the USDT sitting inside them.

11/02/2026

Other transfers moved 2.24 million USDC and 1.7 million TRX, while deposits and withdrawals remained suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant

11/02/2026

Onchain records show Circle freezing USDC on Polygon and Paxos freezing gold tokens on Ethereum, while exchange withdrawals remain suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant