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Apr 24 2026CRYPTO

Why a big Ethereum freeze is making people doubt crypto’s core promise

When a big hack happened on Arbitrum this week, the team in charge didn’t stay quiet. They locked up more than $71 million worth of stolen Ethereum right away. That sounds smart—stopping thieves isn’t usually controversial. But what they did next reveals a quiet truth about modern crypto: even syste

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