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Aave fights court-ordered $73 million ETH freeze, argues 'a thief does not own what he steals'
Aave LLC filed an emergency motion in federal court seeking to lift an order that froze roughly $73 million in ether tied to last month's Kelp DAO exploit. The filing challenges a May 1 order that restricts Arbitrum DAO from moving the recovered funds, while plaintiffs from separate years-old terrorism judgments against North Korea seek to claim them as restitution. Aave said those claims are based on unproven speculation that the Kelp DAO exploit on April 18 was carried out by the North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus Group. It further added that even if this were the case, temporary possession of stolen assets does ... (full story)