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Elliptic Says North Korea-Linked Hackers Used Meme Coins to Move Binance Heist Funds
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic says North Korea-linked actors routed roughly 117,000 NEAR through six newly created meme tokens and decentralized liquidity pools to disguise stolen Binance funds.
NEAR+2.8%Binance Theft Converts $175M in Altcoins Into About 2,300 BTC
Elliptic says the attacker behind the reported Binance theft converted stolen altcoins into roughly 2,300 BTC, adding to the Bitcoin held after the breach.
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