North Korean hackers moved about $38 million in cryptocurrency through Relay Protocol over roughly seven hours, with transfers still ongoing when on-chain analyst Specter’s analysis was published. Relay operates a cross-chain bridge and interoperability protocol that enables asset transfers between blockchains and says it uses Know Your Transaction monitoring. The reported activity was not blocked, prompting questions about Relay’s anti-money-laundering and risk-management systems. Specter said moving that amount so quickly would have been more difficult through THORChain. Relay had not provided a detailed explanation or clarified whether it took further action on the transactions.