investigation
North Korean money launderers self-issued at least 6 meme coins on the NEAR chain between November 5 and 7.
A investigation by Elliptic 報告. Statements are as reported by the cited publishers — not verified by DecisionGateway.
北韓洗錢人員 11 月 5 日到 7 日在 NEAR 鏈上至少自發 6 個迷因幣
Related claims
One batch of wallets bought in with stolen funds, another batch sold back into the pool and withdrew, and about 117,000 NEAR changed hands before the coins were abandoned.Elliptic 報告 · statementTRM Labs and Chainalysis see a trace of North Korean TraderTraitor, while Binance itself names no one.ohmyswiftblog · allegationHackers linked to North Korea stole about $6.3 billion from the Binance crypto exchange.liganet · allegationOn any large CEX such as Binance, Coinbase, Bybit, OKX or Kraken, hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in illicit activity can be flagged.ZachXBT · statementApart from the money-laundering network, almost no one bought the coins.Elliptic 報告 · statementKuCoin has not been sanctioned, yet measures were taken against HTX and MEXC, which looks like government overreach.ZachXBT · statement