Aave Files Motion to Lift Restraining Order on $71M Frozen ETH
Ethereum Aave Files Motion to Lift Restraining Order on $71M Frozen ETHAave filed an emergency motion to vacate a restraining notice freezing $71 million in ETH.Arbitrum community intercepted the funds to return them to victims of the April 18 exploit.Plaintiffs suing North Korea claim the hackers brief possession makes the assets theirs now. Aave LLC filed an emergency court motion Monday asking a New York federal judge to immediately lift a restraining notice that has frozen $71 million in Ethereum belonging to victims of last months devastating protocol exploit, arguing that plaintiffs suing North Korea have essentially seized the wrong assets from the wrong people. The restraining notice was served on Arbitrum DAO on May 1, just as the DeFi community was finalizing plans to return those funds to thousands of users who lost money in the April 18 hack. Its timing could not have been worse. What Happened On April 18, an attacker exploited a vulnerability in the rsETH cross-chain bridge, using forged transaction messages to drain approximately $230 million worth of Ethereum from the Aave Protocol. The funds belonged to ordinary users who had deposited assets to earn interest, not to any party connected to North Korea or any other sanctioned entity. Members of