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On October 29, attackers the FBI ties to North Korea took $6.36B from Binance, and North Korea's thefts have grown every year since 2023.

Tue 10 Nov 2026 · 18:25 EST · 2 min read

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Attackers the FBI ties to North Korea stole $6.36B from Binance on October 29. Our report is two reports in one: what happened, and where the stolen assets are going and what they turn into. We look at which assets the freeze stopped, what survived, what North Korea’s last theft above $1B became, and what the pattern suggests for flows from future hacks.

North Korea’s Binance heist: the scale

The scale of the theft: what was taken, how it compares with North Korea’s economy, and how widely the attacker spread it. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Analysis, not investment advice.

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