People argued about the FBI notice all day on the feed, and I think I finally see what’s going on.
One side says: The FBI named them—North Korea’s TraderTraitor. The October 31 notice even included hundreds of addresses for companies to blacklist. That’s hard proof.
The other side says: What good is naming them? No one’s been arrested, and the money hasn’t been recovered. Attribution is one thing; getting the loot back is another.
I’m with the latter: The notice is real—it was issued by the FBI itself, and on-chain firms like TRM had already pointed to the same group. But the notice’s main use is to help exchanges blacklist addresses, not to put our minds at ease. The money is still being laundered into ETH. Once that’s done, it’s really gone.
Tell me: between knowing who stole it and getting the money back, how many Bybits are we talking?
One side says: The FBI named them—North Korea’s TraderTraitor. The October 31 notice even included hundreds of addresses for companies to blacklist. That’s hard proof.
The other side says: What good is naming them? No one’s been arrested, and the money hasn’t been recovered. Attribution is one thing; getting the loot back is another.
I’m with the latter: The notice is real—it was issued by the FBI itself, and on-chain firms like TRM had already pointed to the same group. But the notice’s main use is to help exchanges blacklist addresses, not to put our minds at ease. The money is still being laundered into ETH. Once that’s done, it’s really gone.
Tell me: between knowing who stole it and getting the money back, how many Bybits are we talking?
