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The proposal puts Polygon’s recovery process and the role of a mainnet hard fork in focus after funds were stolen from Polymarket and Binance.
The freeze puts exchange deposit monitoring in focus, but the reported action does not establish whether the funds were recovered.
The attacker used zero-value withdrawal requests, while exchange partners froze about 9M CORE and roughly 68M remained unmoved as of Oct. 31.
Covering approximately 95% of the stolen funds supports the planned restart, though withdrawals are set to return in phases rather than all at once.
The attackers erased tools and traces, while Binance paused withdrawals to rebuild and test systems before restoring service.
The claimed freeze puts asset recovery and the movement of hacked funds back in focus, though the announcement does not identify the hack or explain the recovery process.
The increase from $2.54B puts the focus on how much value has been frozen, while frozen funds are not necessarily recovered funds.
The reported blocks highlight how transaction-level safeguards can limit the movement of stolen funds, though they do not establish that the money was recovered.
The reassurance comes as withdrawals resume could test whether customers trust the exchange's ability to withstand losses and a potential run.
The case highlights the gap between legal authority and asset recovery: court backing can support tracing, but it cannot guarantee stolen funds become recoverable.
The protocol itself was never breached. The real questions are how Emergo had the keys to seize 129M ADA mid-exploit, and whether the recovery optics for a founding entity are worth the trust cost.
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