Mercado Bitcoin Hack: Over $40 Million Stolen

Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil's largest cryptocurrency exchange, was the target of a major cyberattack resulting in the theft of assets worth over $40 million. The platform promptly confirmed the security incident and temporarily suspended all deposit and withdrawal operations to prevent further losses.

Theft Details

Analysts from Hypernative identified suspicious transactions linked to the platform's wallets. The stolen funds were transferred to newly created addresses across dozens of different blockchain networks, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Tron, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, BNB Smart Chain, and Stellar.

Among the stolen assets were significant volumes of major digital currencies:

• 106 bitcoins (BTC)
• 2,852 ethers (ETH)
• 10,700 solanas (SOL)
• 7 million tron (TRX)
• Over 200 other tokens

Exchange Response and Investigation Status

Representatives of Mercado Bitcoin stated that users did not incur direct losses and no client personal data breach was recorded. The exchange is conducting its own internal investigation in cooperation with relevant law enforcement agencies and is actively tracking the movement of the stolen assets.

At present, the exact damage amount of over $40 million has not been officially confirmed by the platform's management.