Key Highlights: Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic identified a novel money laundering scheme involving six custom-created memecoins used to disguise funds stolen from Binance. Attackers linked to North Korea laundered roughly 117,000 NEAR tokens, valued at approximately $430,000, through decentralized liquidity pools between November 5 and November 7. The illicit wash trading strategy involved buying and ...
Key Highlights North Korean cybercriminals are minting custom memecoins to launder digital assets linked to the $6.3 billion Binance exploit. Blockchain forensics firm Elliptic discovered that roughly 117,000 $NEAR tokens (worth approximately $430,000) were laundered through six bespoke memecoins created between November 5 and November 7. The illicit scheme involved wash trading across decentralized exchange ...
Key Highlights: NEAR Protocol announced on October 21, 2026, that more than 1 million NEAR tokens were staked for inference with NEAR AI. The milestone was disclosed through NEAR Protocol’s official tweet. The reported total connects participation in the NEAR ecosystem with a practical AI inference use case. More Than 1 Million NEAR Tokens Directed ...