Brazil's Largest Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals After $40 Million Hack
Brazil's largest crypto exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, has temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals following a security breach reported at roughly $40 million. Stablecoin issuer Tether has reportedly frozen over 4.5 million USDT linked to the incident. Bitcoin was down 0.1% in the first hour after the story was published and is down 0.1% since then.
Source: Decrypt · Written by Blockdeck from public reports and live market datamarket_reactionBTC/USD around the story−0.17% since the news
Price at the news$77,505.80
First hour after−0.06%
Since the news−0.17%
Volume that hour1.5× normal
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