MultiversX restarts after exploit halt, but Kraken still bars new EGLD trades

MultiversX, a blockchain network, said its mainnet was back online Thursday, Sept. 24, about five days after an exploit-related halt. Its technical account, @CodeMultiversX, said a recovery upgrade had been deployed, block production had resumed and normal network activity could continue. The official gateway returned a Sept. 24 block timestamp after that all-clear, showing that the network was reporting new blocks.Kraken's latest posted EGLD notice told a different story for customers of that exchange. Its incident page still showed cancel-only trading and paused deposits and withdrawals when checked Sept. 24, with no resolution notice. Cancel-only lets customers cancel existing orders; it bars new orders and trade execution. The chain's restart therefore did not, by itself, restore the ability to trade EGLD or move it through Kraken.MultiversX restart in stages@MultiversX said on Sept. 19 that an attempted exploit of a virtual-machine atomicity issue had caused invalid state changes and prompted a pause in network progression. The Sept. 24 technical update said engineering had completed recovery checks. The two dates put the disruption at about five days, although the statements ...