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Security & Hacks · 1 min read

Arkham Traces $46M Held Across 36 Wallets Linked to Mercado Bitcoin Attack

Onchain intelligence firm Arkham identified 36 addresses linked to the exploiter, while Mercado Bitcoin stated users suffered no losses.

Editorial oversight: Julian Mercer, Chief Editor
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At a glance

What happened
Arkham Intelligence identified 36 addresses holding $46 million attributed to the Mercado Bitcoin attacker.
Why it matters
Mercado Bitcoin confirmed no customer balances were compromised, although the exchange has not disclosed total corporate losses.
Who is affected
Mercado Bitcoin and its operational reserve accounts.
What's next
No next step announced.
Primary source
thedefiant.io: Arkham Says Mercado Bitcoin Attacker Holds $46 Million

Key points

  • Arkham Intelligence identified 36 addresses holding $46 million linked to the Mercado Bitcoin attacker.
  • Mercado Bitcoin confirmed that customers suffered zero financial losses in the incident.
  • The total amount lost during the incident has not been officially disclosed by Mercado Bitcoin.

Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence reported that an attacker associated with an exploit of Mercado Bitcoin currently holds $46 million 1. Arkham identified and grouped 36 discrete addresses attributed to the perpetrator 1.

Following the event, Mercado Bitcoin stated that its customers suffered no losses 1. The company has not publicly disclosed the aggregate financial sum lost in the incident 1.

Exchange Balances and Laundering Risks

The incident places Mercado Bitcoin alongside other platforms managing the fallout of high-profile security breaches 1. The movement of stolen capital across clustered hot wallets remains a primary challenge for investigators monitoring off-ramps and cross-chain transfers 1. In a related pattern of post-exploit asset shuffling, Binance Hackers Shift to Swapping $46.4M in Solana for Bitcoin to obscure fund flows across diverse blockchain ecosystems.

At the time of writing, the broader digital asset market registered $BTC trading at $77,309, down 0.8% over the past 24 hours, while the crypto fear and greed index sat in fear territory at 37. Mercado Bitcoin has not specified whether an official investigation has begun or whether it will publish an itemized accounting of the impacted corporate reserves 1. Neither Arkham nor Mercado Bitcoin has announced a recovery schedule or detailed potential coordination with law enforcement agencies 1.

Sources

  1. [1] Arkham Says Mercado Bitcoin Attacker Holds $46 Million — thedefiant.io, November 2, 2026

Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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