Lazarus Group already owns around 13,562 BTC, pushing North Korean bitcoin holdings past El Salvador and Bhutan
After the hacker group Lazarus Group attacked Bybit, it began to exchange some of the stolen assets into bitcoin. Data shows that the group now has 13,562 BTC, worth about $1.14 billion. This also makes North Korea's bitcoin holdings continue to rise. It has now surpassed El Salvador (6,117 BTC) and Bhutan (10,635 BTC) to become the third largest government entity in the world after the United States (198,109 BTC) and the United Kingdom (61,245 BTC).