{
  "id": 19223212,
  "title": "Binance Heist Crew Employs Meme Coins to Launder Funds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/binance-heist-crew-employs-meme-coins-to-launder-funds",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-09T21:17:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2026/binance-heist-crew-employs-meme-coins-to-launder-funds/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The hackers behind last month’s historic heist at Binance are using memecoins to launder some of the proceeds. The hackers, believed to have ties to North Korea, have so far laundered roughly $430,000 of stolen crypto, a fraction of the $6.3 billion stolen, blockchain company Elliptic said in a blog post Monday (Nov. 9). “Most […] The post Binance Heist Crew Employs Meme Coins to Launder Funds…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Futurism",
        "title": "North Korea Is Allegedly Using Elon Musk and Cartoon-Themed Meme Coins to Launder the Billions in Crypto It Stole From Binance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/north-korea-is-allegedly-using-elon-musk-and-cartoon-themed-meme",
        "published": "2026-11-09T18:24:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Decrypt",
        "title": "Binance Hack Launderers Mint Elon Musk and Animal Meme Coins to Move Stolen Crypto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/binance-hack-launderers-mint-elon-musk-and-animal-meme-coins-to-move",
        "published": "2026-11-09T19:36:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}