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FBI names North Korea's TraderTraitor for $6.3B Binance crypto heist

Bitcoin fell to $76,500 on 30 October following the breach, the largest recorded crypto heist to date.

Marcus Vance
Markets Reporter
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As of 2026-11-01 06:47 UTC. Market figures are as the cited sources reported them at that time and may have moved since. This is news, not investment advice.
The FBI confirmed Saturday that North Korean state-backed hacking group TraderTraitor orchestrated the theft of $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from exchange Binance. [1] The breach occurred around 29 October.