Judge Clears ArbitrumDAO To Transfer Frozen ETH To Aave LLC
The judge signed an order clearing ArbitrumDAO to vote on transferring 30,765 frozen ETH to Aave LLC for the rsETH recovery effort.
United States District Judge Margaret M. Garnett signed a court order to allow an onchain governance vote to transfer the 30,765 frozen ETH from the ArbitrumDAO to a wallet controlled by Aave LLC. The order provides explicit legal cover for ArbitrumDAO participants: any party initiating, voting on, or participating in the onchain transfer to Aave LLC is not in violation of the restraining notice served by Gerstein Harrow LLP on May 1st.
The restraining notice transfers with the assets. Aave LLC has agreed to abide by the terms of the restraining notice as if it had been issued directly to Aave LLC, until the court vacates it, the plaintiffs withdraw it, or it expires by operation of law. The judge did not rule on whether the plaintiffs actually have a valid legal claim to the funds. The order helps move the DeFi United recovery effort forward towards restoring the backing of rsETH.
The ruling clears the legal path for the transfer authorized by ArbitrumDAO's recovery vote. The approval of the Mantle DAO loan to Aave and Aave's earlier liquidation of attacker rsETH positions brings DeFi United one phase closer to completion.
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Protocol Guild Upgrades DAO, Drops Multisig Dependency
Protocol Guild migrated to Agora Governor contracts, moving its split contract from a multisig to DAO control.
The Protocol Guild, a collective supporting Ethereum core protocol contributors, has upgraded its DAO smart contracts to the Agora Governor, officially moving control of its split contract from a multisig to the DAO. The split contract distributes vested donations directly to Protocol Guild members. Powered by Agora, the new governance contracts feature two different proposal types.
Governance proposals for membership updates require 33% quorum and 51% approval, while proposals for weekly distribution proposals require 0% quorum and 100% approval. Previously, the Protocol Guild used an implementation of the Moloch V3 DAO, which required 33% quorum across all proposals.
The Moloch DAO's 33% quorum requirement made running weekly distributions through governance impractical, so Protocol Guild continued using a multisig for memberships and distributions. Under the new Agora contracts, the split contract is now fully DAO-controlled, including Protocol Guild's Cayman Islands legal entity.
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Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG) Introduced
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Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG) has launched as a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the innovation, adoption, and real-world impact of Ethereum-native applications. EAG operates on core principles of openness, transparency, decentralization, and a public goods-first approach.
EAG is hosting the 2026 Global Application & Builder Initiatives, running from May to September 2026, with a focus on supporting developers in emerging and underrepresented regions. The launch follows a broader push for application-layer ecosystem support, including the Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Support Program Q1 2026 allocations.
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