Evening Wrap · November 2, 2026
Mercado Bitcoin suspended platform transactions following a potential network intrusion, as the digital asset industry continues to absorb the fallout from major late-October security incidents.
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Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals After $40 Million Breach Warning
Mercado Bitcoin paused transactions on Nov. 2 after detecting a security intrusion, with Hypernative flagging over $40 million in suspicious network transfers .
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Perpetrators of $6.3 Billion Binance Exploit Swap Solana for Bitcoin
Attackers moved 486,970 $SOL, valued at $46.4 million, to exchange for $BTC using the Relay cross-chain bridge . Tether and Circle froze approximately $3 billion in assets, though an estimated $3.5 billion remains…
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Chainalysis Discloses Data Exposure Involving Agentic Intrusion
Chainalysis reported an October breach where an external actor accessed customer names, emails, and user IDs . The blockchain analytics firm stated that investigative graphs and case notes remained uncompromised during…
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Bitcoin Monthly Returns Decline as October Seasonality Fades
Bitcoin recorded a 7.3% drop in October 2026, breaking historical seasonal trading patterns . Spot exchange-traded funds for Bitcoin and $ETH saw net monthly outflows of $515 million and $1.61 billion, respectively .
The numbers
Bitcoin trades at $76,625 with a 60.0% market dominance, while total crypto market capitalization sits at $2.56 trillion amid a Fear & Greed index reading of 37.
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