North Korean group launders millions via Hyperliquid as US pushes to regulate it
Published on: Tuesday 01 September 2026
Scott Melker discusses North Korea's Lazarus Group exploiting Hyperliquid's lack of controls to launder over $30 million in bitcoin, as Bloomberg reports that Kraken's parent company Payward is trying to bring Hyperliquid products to the US through its CFTC-regulated subsidiary, Bitnomial.
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