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Forensics trace $48.6M drained from Mercado Bitcoin across 11 chains

Thousands of customer deposit addresses were found to have been emptied hours following the Brazilian exchange's Monday assertion that it had successfully halted the security incident.

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A new forensic investigation has traced a total of $48.6 million across eleven different blockchains, revealing a different picture than the exchange initially presented.

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