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Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals after $40 million drained across 10 chains

Wallets across a minimum of ten different blockchain networks were emptied, prompting the Brazilian exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, to cease both deposits and withdrawals.

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This action comes shortly following the massive $6.3 billion hack that affected Binance.

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