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OneKey founder warns BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF could be a North Korean target

By Oluwapelumi Adejumo

North Korean hackers could target BlackRock's $62 billion Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), crypto wallet maker OneKey founder Yishi Wang warned. “I suspect IBIT is already on North Korea's shortlist,” Wang said, following the $6 billion Binance hack that US authorities attributed to North Korea's TraderTraitor…

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Exchange-traded fund

An investment fund that holds a basket of assets, such as the shares in an index, and trades on a stock exchange like a single share.

ETFs offer low-cost, diversified investing and are a fast-growing way people save.

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Bitcoin

The first and largest cryptocurrency, created in 2009, with a fixed maximum supply and no central issuer.

Its price swings and adoption by funds and companies make it a bellwether for the whole crypto market.

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A digital currency secured by cryptography and recorded on a blockchain, without a central bank issuing it.

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