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US law firm attempts to block transfer of frozen ETH from Kelp exploit

  • Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte--Cointelegraph
  • published date: 2026-05-04 08:27:35 UTC

US law firm Gerstein Harrow LLP has filed a restraining notice and three writs of execution to prevent Arbitrum DAO from moving frozen Ether from the Kelp DAO hack, arguing links to North Korea give its clients a legal claim to the crypto.

A US law firm has filed a restraining notice to block the transfer of frozen Ether from the Kelp exploit, arguing that its clients are owed over $877 million in compensation and damages by North Kore… [+3221 chars]