[HN Gopher] North Korea's nuclear program is funded by stolen cr...
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       North Korea's nuclear program is funded by stolen crypto. Could FTX
       collapse it?
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2022-12-03 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | csense wrote:
       | So wait. If North Korea stole a couple billion over ~5 years, and
       | it's a significant fraction of their nuclear program budget, why
       | is the crash suggested to be such a disaster? Haven't they
       | already sold most of their Bitcoins for missile parts?
        
         | red2awn wrote:
         | It just means that stealing crypto is no longer a viable source
         | of funds to operate their nuclear program.
        
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