Crypto platforms kept processing Binance theft funds after FBI warning
The FBI blamed North Korea for a Binance theft worth more than $6 billion and told crypto services to block hundreds of linked wallets. Some kept processing the transfers anyway, and developers say they can't stop the laundering. THORChain alone handled over $46 million in stolen assets in 72 hours.
- Original source: tokenpost.com.
- The source published it on Nov 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM.
- No second outlet has reported it yet. Treat it as a single-source claim.
Some crypto services kept processing transfers tied to the Binance theft even after the FBI asked platforms to stop touching them. The bureau blamed North Korea for the heist and told services to block hundreds of wallets linked to the operation, per tokenpost.com. It tagged the North Korean activity as TraderTraitor.
The FBI put the stolen total at more than $6 billion. Developers pushed back, saying they had no way to stop North Korean hackers from laundering funds through their platforms. That gap left law enforcement frustrated as the money kept moving.
THORChain absorbed a big slice of it. In the 72 hours after the theft, the protocol processed more than $46 million in stolen Binance assets and collected over $200,000 in fees — a figure measured from the moment of the theft itself.
The numbers show how much stolen crypto can still flow through services after a direct FBI request to shut it down, and how much revenue that traffic generated for at least one protocol.
TopicsBinance · FBI · North Korea · THORChain · TraderTraitor
Source: tokenpost.com
Written by Paparazzi with AI. Not financial advice.
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