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Crypto services have already earned more than $200 thousand in fees from the billions stolen from Binance
🔹While hackers are trying to launder the cryptocurrency from $6,3 billion, decentralized services are collecting fees for processing those transactions. According to The Wall Street Journal, in just the first three days more than $46 million of the stolen assets passed through THORChain, and fees exceeded $200 thousand.
🔹Almost another $4 million was routed through Wasabi Wallet, which is used to obscure the history of Bitcoin transactions. To make tracing funds more difficult, the hackers split them across thousands of wallets, swap cryptocurrencies, and move assets between different blockchains.
🔹The FBI links the attack to the North Korean group TraderTraitor and has urged crypto services to block transactions related to the attack. At the same time, THORChain and Wasabi note that their decentralized protocols do not have a standard mechanism to block users.
🔹Overall, hackers moved about $113 million through THORChain, $56 million through Relay, and another $53 million via Circle’s mechanism for moving USDC between blockchains. Tens of millions also passed through Chainflip, Symbiosis, and other platforms.
🔹In the first week the attackers moved about $333 million of the stolen assets through exchanges, bridges, and other services. At the same time, according to Bitquery’s estimate, about $2,8 billion was frozen or recovered, while another $3,1 billion remain under the hackers’ control.
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