Assets worth $5.55 million frozen in addresses linked to the Mercado Bitcoin incident

OnchainLens monitoring shows that roughly $5.5 million in assets tied to the Mercado Bitcoin security incident have been frozen across three related addresses, including USDT, USDC, and tokenized gold, as of November 3. Mercado Bitcoin had previously disclosed the receiving addresses for the affected assets, enabling third parties to trace and freeze funds. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino separately confirmed that more than 4.5 million USDT linked to the incident has been frozen. The coordinated freezing across stablecoin issuers and tokenized assets limits the attacker's ability to liquidate proceeds and may support recovery efforts. Watch for additional freezes by other issuers, potential fund recovery or redistribution to affected users, and further disclosures from Mercado Bitcoin on the incident's scope.