North Korea is infiltrating the crypto industry and Diddy is hitting up SBF's lawyer to get out of jail.

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A CoinDest investigation revealing that crypto firms are unknowingly hiring IT workers from North Korea.

Tracing wallets linked to North Korea,

Quina spoke to over a dozen companies, including sushi, Uren Finance, and Cosmos Hub, admitting that they were duped into hiring North Korean developers using fake IDs and impressive resumes.

In some cases, these hires led to multi-million dollar hacks and

legal risks as hiring DPRK workers violates U.S. sanctions. Sources estimate over 50% of

job applicants across the entire crypto industry are coming from North Korea.

Sean Diddy Combs has crossed paths with Sam

Bankman Fried again after they already share a cell with each other. The rapper hired

SBF's lawyer Alexander Shapiro to appeal a New York judge's decision to keep him

locked up while he awaits trial. Alexander Shapiro handled Bankman-Fried's appeal shortly after his conviction,

and just last month she filed a 102-page appeal requesting a new trial for the fraudster

and accusing the judge overseeing his case of being unfairly biased against him.

Bitwise has taken a stab at a potential XRP ETF. The Cryptonative Asset Manager registered a trust entity in the state of Delaware on Tuesday, which appeared on the state's division of corporations website.

A spokesperson for Bitwise confirming that the filing was real since there have been similar but illegitimate filings uploaded to the website in an attempt to pump the token's price.

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