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Mercado Bitcoin hacker moves $8M in ETH: Is Tornado Cash next?

By Rony Roy

The hacker behind the $46 million Mercado Bitcoin breach has transferred approximately $8 million worth of Ethereum to new wallets, while blockchain investigators have identified more than $9 million in stolen assets that have been frozen. Blockchain analytics platform Arkham…

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