North Korea’s Crypto Heists: Fueling a Rogue Regime in 2025
Cryptocurrency is reshaping global finance, and few nations illustrate its darker potential like North Korea. In Pyongyang, digital assets aren’t tools of innovation but instruments of survival. Behind closed firewalls, state-backed hackers have turned crypto theft into a strategic industry, funding weapons and bypassing sanctions at an unprecedented scale.
With billions siphoned from exchanges and DeFi platforms, the regime’s cyber-armies now rival traditional state-owned enterprises in revenue, proof that in 2025, the world’s most isolated economy has mastered the borderless nature of blockchain.
In today’s piece, Disruption Banking uncovers the infrequently told story of North Korea’s crypto heists and how they are fueling a…
