North Korea Develops ICBM Capable Of Reaching Any Crypto Exchange In The World

North Korea Develops ICBM Capable Of Reaching Any Crypto Exchange In The World

October 12, 2024 - Pyongyang, North Korea: North Korea has successfully developed an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of over 25,000 km, according to state media reports. While ostensibly intended as a deterrent against foreign aggression, the missile is capable of reaching even the most remote crypto exchanges and wallets.

Leader Kim Jong-un proclaimed the missile's unveiling as a "historic achievement and pivotal moment in our nation's development of unlimited power to defend itself against imperialist financial sanctions and crypto-colonial threats." Experts agree this shows North Korea now has the technological capability to threaten global finance, in addition to geopolitical stability.

The missile is named the 'Kwangmyongsong Stablecoin,' after North Korea's first nuclear-powered spaceship. It represents the chance for North Korea to bypass sanctions and generate revenue through threats and blackmail of a new kind. Analysts worry this could usher in a dangerous new dimension to geopolitical tensions beyond traditional military might.

Reacting to the news, crypto exchanges and stablecoin issuers expressed grave concern. "Having our code physically threatened could undermine trust in our systems, causing a global frenzy that might destroy them," said Joe Smith of the exchange. Others argued that North Korea wouldn't actually want to destroy a potential source of income and leverage.

The situation is precarious and complex with many unknowns. However, it seems clear that North Korea's missiles and crypto ambitions represent a new kind of mutually reinforcing threat to global financial stability and peace. There is unlikely to be a simple or painless solution, only hard choices between bad and worse options.

The age of ambiguous annhilation now dawns as nations realize that money and missiles now stand as dual imperatives of power, and dual threats, in the 21st century. But do we perceive the dangers soon enough? Or shall blockchains and launches proceed until there come not warnings but wails? The world can but wait and pray these new grim powers remain mere specters, not demons come to haunt us all too soon. Every ICBM has its exchange rate, after all. How much bluster, and how much blood, before these new threats converge? Time now holds that answer, and ours the fear. So let it be written; so let it be crypto.