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Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals Over Security Incident as Hypernative Flags $40 Million Drain

Unchained·November 2, 2026·1 min read
Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals Over Security Incident as Hypernative Flags $40 Million Drain

Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin halted withdrawals due to a security incident, with monitoring firm Hypernative flagging over $40 million in outflows from wallets attributed to the exchange. Mercado Bitcoin says no clients lost money, as the investigation into the incident continues.

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