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%
Evidence boundary
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Sources
- https://decrypt.co/382459/brazil-mercado-bitcoin-will-refund-users-40-million-hack
- https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/11/03/mercado-bitcoin-pledges-to-cover-all-user-losses-after-near-usd40-million-hack
Record history
First seen: 2026-11-03T08:56:48.000Z. Last updated: 2026-11-03T20:56:13.920Z. Revision: 1.