Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, arrives at federal court in Seattle for his sentencing on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. As North Korean hackers penetrated Binance and drained more than $6 billion — the largest crypto heist of all time — Zhao made the surreal situation made even more surreal by narrating the events to his 12.9 million followers on X. (Grant Hindsley/The New York Times) By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY At about 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, a string of…
