Chainalysis Ties $387M Bitget Hack to North Korea

Attribution matters most here: a state-level actor label turns this from an exchange incident into a sanctions and compliance matter, and the laundering path through THORChain puts cross-chain infrastructure squarely in the enforcement conversation. The cumulative 2026 figure suggests this is a pattern rather than a one-off, which affects how exchanges, bridges and analytics firms are likely to be judged by regulators. Whether THORChain's role draws formal scrutiny, and how quickly the funds are further obfuscated, is the open question.