While the world watches DPRK missiles and troops, Kim's most durable power move may be economic: the IT worker + Lazarus pipeline is now a diversified, sanctions-proof revenue machine that funds nukes regardless of geopolitical conditions — and it's scaling with AI-assisted social engineering.
DPRK crypto operations are a direct systemic risk to DeFi infrastructure — Lazarus specifically targets DEX liquidity and cross-chain bridges, meaning Solana-based protocols (exactly what Big 🍆 builds) are in the same threat landscape as the exchanges already hit.