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Mercado Bitcoin halts deposits and withdrawals after $40 million drained

CoinDesk and Decrypt report that Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin paused deposits and withdrawals after wallets on at least 10 chains were emptied, with roughly $40 million drained. Decrypt adds that Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack, and CoinDesk notes the incident came days after the $6.3 billion Binance hack. A Reddit post repeats the reported $40 million hack and suspension.

Why “Unverified”

  • 2 independent sources (CoinDesk, Decrypt), but no primary confirmation

2 independent source groups across 3 posts · evidence score 84/100. How labels work

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What the sources claim

  1. Mercado Bitcoin paused deposits and withdrawals after wallets on at least 10 chains were emptied.

    “paused deposits and withdrawals after wallets on at least 10 chains were emptied”
    CoinDesk

  2. Roughly $40 million was drained from Mercado Bitcoin.

    “$40 million drained across 10 chains”
    CoinDesk

  3. The Mercado Bitcoin incident came days after the $6.3 billion Binance hack.

    “days after the $6.3 billion Binance hack”
    CoinDesk

  4. Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack. USDT

    “Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack”
    Decrypt

  5. Mercado Bitcoin suspended deposits and withdrawals after reportedly being hacked for over $40 million.

    “suspends deposits and withdrawals after reportedly being hacked for over $40 million”
    r/Bitcoin

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Summary and claims extracted by AI with prompt analyze-story@5 on 2026-11-02 17:00 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.