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North Korea rejects US allegation over Binance crypto heist

Global Published 3 November 2026, 12:52 · archived 3 Nov 2026

SEOUL/SINGAPORE: North Korea has dismissed as “absurd rhetoric” US allegations that it was behind a $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist ​on the Binance platform, as the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange made more assets available for withdrawals by worried clients. Binance, whose customers had withdrawn a net $4.72 billion as of Monday after ‌the exchange was hit with what could be the largest-ever financial heist last week, also launched a campaign to stem outflows and woo new users. The crypto exchange was seeing “hourly deposits exceed withdrawals”, it said in an X post on Tuesday, addi...

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