A complete archive of Pulse briefs related to Arbitrum, sorted by publish time. Use filters to explore event types and market impact.
ARBTether froze $344M USDT with OFAC on April 23 — a potential legal challenge to this freeze authority is the real tail risk for leveraged traders, as any USDT de-peg would mechanically erode USDT-margined collateral across all perp markets.
ARBTether froze $344M in USDT with OFAC backing; the lawyer from the Arbitrum seizure case is now targeting Tether legally — ARB trades at $0.1294 with tight liquidation margins at 100x, while USDC stands to benefit from any institutional USDT rotation.
ARBA U.S. federal court has cleared the $71M ETH transfer to Aave's recovery wallet, resolving the legal overhang on ARB (+5.93%) and setting a landmark DeFi governance precedent — on-chain execution vote is the next price catalyst.
ARBArbitrum DAO votes 100% to unlock $71M in frozen Kelp exploit ETH — ARB spikes 5.17% to $0.1342, but only 24% of total losses are recovered, rsETH discount persists, and leveraged long positions above $0.1300 face liquidation risk on any reversal.
ARBArbitrum DAO approved releasing $71M in frozen ETH for Kelp DAO recovery with 90–99% support, but a May 1 U.S. court seizure order creates a binary outcome: ARB targets $0.18 on legal victory, faces flush below $0.1251 if the freeze holds — size leverage accordingly.
ARBArbitrum's vote to release $71M in frozen Kelp exploit ETH is set to pass, pushing ARB to $0.1260 (+0.96%) — but an active SDNY restraining order tied to DPRK Lazarus Group attribution creates a binary legal risk that leveraged ARB perpetual traders must price in before adding exposure.
ARBAave completed its liquidation of the KelpDAO hacker's rsETH positions on May 6, recovering $290M+ via a governance-approved oracle adjustment — bullish for AAVE and ARB leveraged longs, but oracle precedent risk and LayerZero trust erosion warrant careful position sizing.
ARBKelp DAO's attacker laundered ~$80M ETH via THORChain into 442 BTC post-Arbitrum freeze; unlaundered ETH overhang and regulatory blowback keep leveraged ETH and ARB positions at elevated liquidation risk.
ARBThe Kelp DAO exploiter moved ~$175M in ETH to two new wallets hours after a partial $71M Arbitrum freeze — 50x+ leveraged ETH longs face liquidation risk if dump activity begins, with ARB already near 24h lows at $0.1259.
ARBArbitrum froze $71M ETH from the $293M Kelp DAO exploit; ARB trades at $0.1267 near 24h lows, with high-leverage longs facing liquidation on minimal adverse moves and broader DeFi contagion dragging TVL down 12%.
ARBKelpDAO's $293M exploit — 2026's largest DeFi hack — triggered $10.59B in TVL losses and froze 9 protocols; ARB trades flat at $0.1262 but leveraged positions face volatility from $236M in unbacked DeFi debt still unresolved.