Kim Yo Jong Ties FBI’s Binance Hack Blame to Trump’s Crypto Reserve
By Unchained
AI summary of the source article
North Korea rejected FBI allegations that it stole over $6 billion from Binance around Oct. 29. Senior official Kim Yo Jong questioned Washington's motives, linking the accusations to the Trump administration's strategic crypto reserve.
Key facts
- An Oct. 31 FBI alert blamed North Korea's TraderTraitor group for stealing over $6 billion from Binance on or about Oct. 29.
- North Korean official Kim Yo Jong dismissed the FBI's findings as absurd rhetoric and hinted Washington could be behind the theft.
- A March 6, 2025 executive order capitalizes the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve with forfeited bitcoin and places other tokens in a Digital Asset Stockpile.
Source excerpt · Unchained
Answering the FBI's TraderTraitor finding, Pyongyang said a look at who ends up with any recovered Binance crypto may offer "a clue about who is behind the hacking incident." The post Kim Yo Jong Ties FBI’s Binance Hack Blame to Trump’s Crypto Reserve appeared first on Unchained .