Mercado Bitcoin says it will bear the 40000000 USD theft losses; customers are expected to be unaffected
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Mercado Bitcoin says its hot wallet was attacked and that it will bear the 40000000 USD losses itself; customers are not expected to be affected.
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Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin says it will bear the 40000000 USD theft losses
PANews November 3 reported, according to Bloomberg, that Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin said it will bear the losses caused by this hack itself, 40000000 USD and customers are not expected to incur losses as a result. The exchange said the attack targeted a hot wallet and was quickly brought under control. It is currently investigating the incident, tracking the assets, and coordinating with relevant authorities. In addition, Onchain Lens posted on X that the Mercado Bitcoin hacker entity labeled by Arkham currently holds approximately 46 addresses containing approximately 46500000 USD in crypto assets, including approximately 3677 units of ETH, approximately 106 units of BTC and approximately 8000000 USD in stablecoins.
According to Bloomberg, Mercado Bitcoin said it will bear the 40000000 USD losses caused by the hack itself.
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Mercado Bitcoin expects that customers will not incur losses as a result.
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The exchange said the attack targeted a hot wallet and that the incident was quickly brought under control.
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The exchange said it is investigating the incident, tracking the assets, and coordinating with relevant authorities.
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Onchain Lens said on X that the hacker entity labeled by Arkham holds approximately 46 addresses containing approximately 46500000 USD in crypto assets, including approximately 3677 units of ETH, approximately 106 units of BTC and approximately 8000000 USD in stablecoins.
AI-assisted interpretation
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A hot wallet is a crypto-asset wallet connected to the network and used for convenient day-to-day transfers, making it a potential attack target. The key point here is that the exchange says it will bear the losses itself and will not pass the reported 40000000 USD losses on to customers; the relevant assets remain under investigation and tracking.
Why it matters to readers
The incident involves exchange asset security and protection of customer funds. Whether the exchange truly bears all losses and whether the relevant assets can be frozen or recovered will affect the final outcome of the incident.
If you are a customer of this exchange, you should follow its official statements regarding accounts, deposits and withdrawals, and compensation arrangements. On-chain address holdings are only tracking clues and do not mean the assets have already been recovered.
Risks and unknowns
The exchange's claims that the incident is under control, customers will not suffer losses, and it will bear the losses itself remain to be verified by subsequent developments.
The original report did not specify when the attack occurred, the specific assets affected, or service restoration arrangements.
46 addresses and approximately 46500000 USD in assets come from an Onchain Lens post citing an Arkham label; the original report did not provide independently verified results.
It remains unclear whether the relevant assets can be frozen or recovered.
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Hot wallet
A wallet kept connected to the internet for convenience, better suited to everyday scenarios such as frequent transactions.
