Mercado Bitcoin to refund users after $40M hack; withdrawals stay frozen
Brazil's largest exchange said customers would not bear the loss, and a separate report puts the figure at $46M stolen with $9M frozen and PEPE, AAVE and PENDLE among assets at risk.
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