---
title: "North Korean hackers are creating memecoins to wash loot from $6.3 billion Binance hack"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/north-korean-hackers-are-creating-memecoins-to-wash-loot-from-6-3-billion-binance-hack/
date: 2026-11-09
modified: 2026-11-09
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "North Korean hackers used six homemade memecoins to launder 117,000 NEAR, worth about $430,000, from the $6.3 billion Binance hack, Elliptic says."
categories:
  - "Crypto News"
tags:
  - "crypto"
  - "cryptocurrencies"
  - "Defi"
  - "Market Trends"
  - "News"
word_count: 22
---

# North Korean hackers are creating memecoins to wash loot from $6.3 billion Binance hack

North Korean hackers used six homemade memecoins to launder 117,000 NEAR, worth about $430,000, from the $6.3 billion Binance hack, Elliptic says.