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Brazil's Biggest Bitcoin Exchange: Security incident

Mercado Bitcoin says customers won't pay for a hack that drained tens of millions. Withdrawals on the exchange remain frozen with no restart date.

StatusConfirmed
Reported loss$40.0M
ChainBitcoin
Confidence80%

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First seen: 2026-11-03T08:56:48.000Z. Last updated: 2026-11-03T20:56:13.920Z. Revision: 1.