{
  "id": 17826389,
  "title": "Brazil's Largest Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals After $40 Million Hack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/brazils-largest-exchange-mercado-bitcoin-halts-withdrawals-after-40",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T16:46:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/382341/mercado-bitcoin-halts-withdrawals-40-million-hack"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after a security incident. Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s largest crypto exchange, hit by $46 million security breach",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/mercado-bitcoin-brazils-largest-crypto-exchange-hit-by-46-million",
        "published": "2026-11-02T20:19:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PYMNTS",
        "title": "Mercado Bitcoin Takes $40 Million Loss in Latest Crypto Hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/mercado-bitcoin-takes-40-million-loss-in-latest-crypto-hack",
        "published": "2026-11-02T20:36:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}