North Korean hackers reportedly route Binance loot through THORChain, RUNE rises 10%

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North Korea's TraderTraitor group is reportedly moving proceeds from the Binance hack through THORChain. The laundering reportedly involves swapping ether for bitcoin. This follows an earlier wave of conversions that were routed from the Tron network. The report led to a roughly 10% jump in THORChain's RUNE token. The article presents the activity as a resumption of laundering efforts linked to the Binance theft.

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