FBI says North Korea stole more than $6 billion from Binance in record crypto theft
The FBI said on October 31, 2026, that North Korea was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, on or about October 29. Blockchain analytics firms TRM Labs, Chainalysis, and Elliptic call it the largest crypto theft on record. Binance says it will cover all losses, and about $3 billion of the stolen assets has been frozen.