The tBTC bridge has partially recovered, but about $120 million in tBTC reserves on Aave is still frozen. The bridge was halted because of a Linux kernel vulnerability that allowed attackers to execute code on unpatched servers. The bridge gradually resumed processing requests after nodes installed patches and reconnected.
But Aave froze new deposits and additional borrowing capacity; existing users can still withdraw and repay. The freeze won’t automatically lift when the bridge recovers—risk advisor LlamaRisk says a proposal to lift it should come only after operations return to normal.
All nodes being back online and the bridge processing requests are prerequisites for lifting the freeze, not the same thing as lifting it.
But Aave froze new deposits and additional borrowing capacity; existing users can still withdraw and repay. The freeze won’t automatically lift when the bridge recovers—risk advisor LlamaRisk says a proposal to lift it should come only after operations return to normal.
All nodes being back online and the bridge processing requests are prerequisites for lifting the freeze, not the same thing as lifting it.
