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A new report unveiled by the United Nations in early February shows that North Korea stole more crypto in 2022 than it has in any other year. North Korea Has Stolen a Lotta Crypto North Korea has long sought to get its hands on illicit crypto and launder it so it can be used to fund its ever-growing nuclear program. The nation houses several hacking organizations such as Lazarus and has initiated attacks against regions in Asia, Europe, and even North America. The report...

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has become the first UN agency to receive, hold and disburse aid in crypto. While the phrase ‘accepting cryptocurrency’ has become code for merely allowing payments or donations to be made in crypto while receiving dollars or other fiat currencies, contributions made to UNICEF will be held as crypto and distributed to beneficiaries without any conversion. This has been made possible through the establishment of the UNICEF...