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Mercado Bitcoin hacker: Security incident

The hacker behind the $46 million Mercado Bitcoin breach has transferred approximately $8 million worth of Ethereum to new wallets, while blockchain investigators have identified more than $9 million in stolen assets that have been frozen. Blockchain analytics platform Arkham…

StatusUnder review
Reported loss$46.0M
ChainEthereum
Confidence55%

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First seen: 2026-11-03T07:14:15.000Z. Last updated: 2026-11-03T14:38:15.284Z. Revision: 1.