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Re:SEC has not approved Bitcoin ETFs [fixed] by vkou on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @07:15PM (#38934318)
> It’s a fact that North Korea relies on hacking it for funding critical imports at this point…

A fact? What are the #s that they are bringing in from hacking, versus the $4.8 billion/year they bring in from exports to China/Africa?

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Re:SEC has not approved Bitcoin ETFs [fixed] by pants2 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @07:21PM (#38934382)
$1.8B lost to crypto hacks in 2023. Hard to say how much of that is North Korea, but it's a nontrivial amount.
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Re:SEC has not approved Bitcoin ETFs [fixed] by vkou on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @09:21PM (#38935352)
Lost is also not necessarily equivalent to successfully laundered.
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