North Korean hackers are creating memecoins to wash loot from $6.3 billion Binance hack
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coinDesk
November 9, 2026 · 07:00
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North Korean hackers used six homemade memecoins to launder 117,000 NEAR, worth about $430,000, from the $6.3 billion Binance hack, Elliptic says.
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