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North Korean Hackers Allegedly Used Memecoins to Launder Binance Hack Funds, Elliptic Reports
(1 hour ago) · 1 source · Summarized by CryptoBipto
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has reported that hackers linked to North Korea created memecoins as a method to launder funds stolen from a Binance hack. The scheme allegedly involved using token creation and trading activity to obscure the origins of illicit funds.
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- cointelegraph.com
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