Mercado Bitcoin is investigating a cyberattack, but reported loss and freeze totals don’t line up—and customer impact remains disputed. The exchange says users won’t lose assets; security experts cited by The Record question that assurance.
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A CFTC FAQ may be signaling clearer treatment for tokenized assets in customer-funds settings, but not for Bitcoin, which sits outside that category. The big question is whether this is a narrow custody clarification or a meaningful step for institutional crypto plumbing.
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A circulating claim says the CFTC added FAQ language letting tokenized Bitcoin count as customer funds, but the text hasn’t been verified. Until the actual wording appears, it’s speculation — and custody, backing, and segregation questions remain the real issue.
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