Aave advierte que se podrían confiscar 71 millones de dólares en recuperación de exploits antes de que se pague a las víctimas
Burns Brief
Aave está pidiendo a un tribunal de Nueva York que impida que los acreedores alcancen el ETH congelado que se reservó para las víctimas de un importante exploit de DeFi. El sentimiento del mercado se está volviendo positivo, y los comerciantes y analistas señalan un posible impulso de seguimiento en las próximas sesiones. Esté atento a la reacción de $ETH $AAVE $ARB: un movimiento decisivo por encima o por debajo de niveles clave confirmará la próxima tendencia.
Aave is asking a New York court to stop creditors from reaching frozen ETH that was set aside for victims of a major DeFi exploit. The fight turns a crypto recovery effort into a legal test over whether stolen assets can be redirected before users are made whole. Aave filed an emergency motion last week to free millions in frozen ETH from a restraining order issued against the Arbitrum DAO. Aave LLC said the restraining notice was served on Arbitrum DAO on May 1 and seeks to seize approximately $71 million in ETH that Aave argues belongs to victims of the April 18 exploit. The company asked the court for an expedited hearing and a temporary vacatur, arguing that the recovered assets were designated for user restitution and should not be frozen for outside claims. The ETH was frozen by Arbitrum's Security Council on Apr. 21, as Lazarus Group stole approximately 116,500 rsETH from Kelp DAO's LayerZero bridge three days earlier. The council used its 9-of-12 emergency powers to move 30,765 ETH without the attacker's key, designating it for a recovery pool. Aave's Apr. 24 funding update sized the original backing hole at 163,183 ETH. Between Kelp's own freeze, Arbitrum's action, and expected liquidations on Aave, the coalition closed about 52.9% of that difference. DeFi United assembled over $300 million in commitments for the rest, with Mantle contributing a credit facility of up to 30,000 ETH and Aave requesting 25,000 ETH from the treasury. The restraining notice, approved by a court in the Southern District of New York, targeted those frozen funds. The plaintiffs’ theory appears to rest on the alleged attribution of the exploit to Lazarus Group, the North Korean hacking operation, and on prior judgments tied to North Korea. Aave’s motion challenges the leap from alleged attacker control to lawful ownership, arguing that stolen assets do not become attachable property simply because a thief briefly held them. The service plan included posting on Arbitrum's governance
Key Takeaways
- Aave is asking a New York court to stop creditors from reaching frozen ETH that was set aside for victims of a major DeFi exploit
- The fight turns a crypto recovery effort into a legal test over whether stolen assets can be redirected before users are made whole
- Aave filed an emergency motion last week to free millions in frozen ETH from a restraining order issued against the Arbitrum DAO
- Aave LLC said the restraining notice was served on Arbitrum DAO on May 1 and seeks to seize approximately $71 million in ETH that Aave argues belongs to victims of the April 18 exploit
- The company asked the court for an expedited hearing and a temporary vacatur, arguing that the recovered assets were designated for user restitution and should not be frozen for outside claims