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Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin halts transfers after $40M drained in ‘security incident’

AMB Crypto·November 2, 2026·1 min read
Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin halts transfers after $40M drained in ‘security incident’

Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin halted transfers after a security incident drained $40 million. The exchange published wallet addresses to help trace the stolen assets. This follows Binance's recent theft and coincides with a new BTCPay security warning, heightening concerns over exchange vulnerabilities.

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