North Korea's launderers are passing crypto stolen from Binance through home-made memecoins, including one branded “Elon 2028 President”.
About $430k has been laundered in this way so far.
We traced it 👇
The crypto industry is still under attack - NK is laundering $3.2B through our exchanges, bridges and other services - right now.
20k+ wallets. 16 chains. 36+ services. 65k+ transactions. Every gap is one they’ll use.
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💸 The laundering of the $6.4bn stolen from Binance is fast, complex and clearly automated.
In under four days: ~12,000 wallets, 11 blockchains, 40,000+ transactions. A new transaction every 8 seconds on average, day and night. 🧵 1/x
$6.43B Binance theft laundering update:
- Laundering now on autopilot: 546 transfers from one wallet, every ~96 seconds
- Automated but likely with human oversight, not an AI agent
- $2.85B now frozen or seized, ~$3.2B out of reach
Full analysis 👇