According to the source, Chainalysis reports North Korea–linked actors have stolen over $2 billion in crypto year-to-date 2025, accounting for 59% of all funds stolen this year (Chainalysis). Chainalysis has documented that DPRK groups disproportionately target DeFi protocols and cross-chain bridges, underscoring elevated smart-contract and protocol risk for on-chain participants (Chainalysis). For trading and compliance, U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned the Blender and Tornado Cash mixers for facilitating DPRK laundering, and U.S. persons are prohibited from using these services, heightening legal and compliance risk for flows touching sanctioned mixers (U.S. Treasury OFAC). Regulated U.S. venues are required to screen activity against OFAC sanctions lists, and traders can mitigate counterparty risk by monitoring Chainalysis-flagged DPRK addresses and bridge exploit alerts that Chainalysis attributes to these actors (U.S. Treasury OFAC; Chainalysis).