Tether has frozen more than 4.5 million USDT linked to the Mercado Bitcoin security incident, according to ChainCatcher, citing Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino. Mercado Bitcoin had said earlier that one of its systems was involved in a security incident. The platform said customers did not suffer losses and that no data leak occurred. As a precaution, Mercado Bitcoin temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals. The disclosure adds a concrete figure to the response around the incident, with the frozen amount identified as being connected to the event. No additional details on the freeze or the affected system were provided in the source material.
Tether has frozen more than 4.5 million USDT connected to the Mercado Bitcoin security incident, according to ChainCatcher, citing Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino.
Mercado Bitcoin said earlier that one of its systems was involved in a security incident. The platform said customers did not suffer losses, and no data leak occurred. As a precaution, it temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals.
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