Bitget Hack Tied to North Korea as Stolen XRP Flows Into Bitcoin

TLDR: The Bitget hack is linked to North Korean hackers. Chainalysis says the theft lifts their 2026 crypto total above $1 billion. Investigators traced stolen XRP through a cross-chain protocol into Bitcoin. The swaps bypassed an exchange but still left blockchain records. Drift and KelpDAO lost a combined $577 million in April. TRM said those [...]

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