North Korean Hackers Create Memecoins to Launder $6.3 Billion from Binance Heist

11/10/2026

TraderTraitors create ‘Elon 2028 President’ cryptocurrency to confuse investigators

11/09/2026

The hackers who stole $6.3 billion from Binance Holdings Ltd. in crypto’s biggest ever heist have turned to one of the sector’s most gimmicky assets to launder a slice of the proceeds: memecoins.

11/09/2026

North Korean-linked hackers reportedly used newly created memecoins on the NEAR blockchain to launder funds stolen in Binance’s high-profile incident, according to a report by blockchain analytics...

11/09/2026

The blockchain firm traced stolen funds through six new tokens on NEAR, where hackers used liquidity pools to obscure transfers between wallets.

11/09/2026

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.

11/09/2026

Elliptic says North Korean-linked hackers used six short-lived meme tokens on NEAR to launder approximately 117,000 NEAR from the October Binance hack.

11/09/2026

Elliptic says the hackers are minting their own worthless tokens—complete with cartoon animal and Elon Musk logos—and routing stolen funds through liquidity pools to break the trail.

11/08/2026

North Korea grooms 200 students a year for hacking, defectors say, and rewards the elite behind the $6.3 billion Binance heist.