- The Lazarus Group revealed that as of that day, it held 13,441 BTC, worth $1.14 billion (approximately 170.8 billion yen).
Elon Musk's electric car maker Tesla holds 11,509 BTC. North Korea holds about 16% more Bitcoin than Tesla.
Tesla holds the fourth-largest amount of Bitcoin among publicly traded companies in the world. North Korea has been accumulating Bitcoin by attacking exchanges. For example, last month, Lazarus Gul
The group attacked the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, stealing $1.4 billion in Ethereum and converting some of it into Bitcoin.
Last week, US President Trump declared the US a Bitcoin superpower and
He reaffirmed his pledge to make South Korea the world's cryptocurrency capital. With this declaration in mind, it is also interesting to see how he will deal with North Korean hackers.
Meanwhile, the US government holds 198,109 BTC, worth more than $16 billion.
The funds were seized due to suspicions of cryptocurrency laundering. President Trump is promoting a cryptocurrency strategic reserve based on this.
2025/03/24 11:18 KST
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