#ПротоколFOMC 🐳 In October 2026, at least four bitcoin addresses that had been inactive for 13 to more than 16 years began moving cryptocurrency again.
According to Galaxy Research, their owners transferred a total of 555.27 BTC, valued at approximately $44.97 million at the time of the transactions. Their combined realized profit exceeded $44.97 million, while returns on individual investments reached more than 108 million%.📌 North Korea-linked hackers laundered ~$242 million through Tron and cross-chain protocols in two days, on-chain analyst SomaXBT (SEAL) reported.
~$628 million was withdrawn on Tron, but Tether froze 378.7 million USDT, leaving the hackers with ~$249 million.
Of the $242 million, ~$194 million left Tron through bridges and exchanges, $26 million remained on the network, and ~$22 million went to fees and slippage.📌 Two brothers from Texas were sentenced to 15.5 years in prison for kidnapping a family and extorting $8+ million in cryptocurrency. Raymond Garcia received 180 months, and his brother Isaiah received 186. Both pleaded guilty.
In September 2025, they traveled from Texas to Minnesota, bound family members with zip ties, and held them at gunpoint for more than nine hours, demanding access to their crypto accounts. They forced a man to transfer more than $8 million, including by making him go out to get additional devices.$BEB
According to Galaxy Research, their owners transferred a total of 555.27 BTC, valued at approximately $44.97 million at the time of the transactions. Their combined realized profit exceeded $44.97 million, while returns on individual investments reached more than 108 million%.📌 North Korea-linked hackers laundered ~$242 million through Tron and cross-chain protocols in two days, on-chain analyst SomaXBT (SEAL) reported.
~$628 million was withdrawn on Tron, but Tether froze 378.7 million USDT, leaving the hackers with ~$249 million.
Of the $242 million, ~$194 million left Tron through bridges and exchanges, $26 million remained on the network, and ~$22 million went to fees and slippage.📌 Two brothers from Texas were sentenced to 15.5 years in prison for kidnapping a family and extorting $8+ million in cryptocurrency. Raymond Garcia received 180 months, and his brother Isaiah received 186. Both pleaded guilty.
In September 2025, they traveled from Texas to Minnesota, bound family members with zip ties, and held them at gunpoint for more than nine hours, demanding access to their crypto accounts. They forced a man to transfer more than $8 million, including by making him go out to get additional devices.$BEB