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$1.5B ByBit Hack: How North Korea Became a Top3 BTC Holder


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From hackers to Bitcoin whales—North Korea just shook the Web3 world.



In today’s episode, we dive into one of the biggest crypto heists ever:

a $1.5 billion hack on ByBit, allegedly pulled off by North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group.


The result? The regime now holds more Bitcoin than Bhutan and El Salvador combined

—ranking #3 among global government BTC holders. 👀


We break it down:

✅ How the hack happened and where the money went

✅ Why this puts North Korea in crypto’s geopolitical spotlight

✅ The “Lazarus Bounty” program & global exchange backlash


As the line between cybercrime and nation-state strategy gets blurrier,

we ask: is this just a heist—or the dawn of a new kind of digital arms race?


Tune in and let’s unpack the wild world of crypto, geopolitics, and digital power moves.

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Web3 UnlockedBy Tom