MultiversX restarts mainnet; Kraken keeps EGLD cancel-only

MultiversX resumed block production on Sept. 24 following a pause triggered by an attempted exploit. Its technical account reported engineers deployed a recovery upgrade, completed recovery checks and that “block production had resumed and normal network activity could continue.” The project’s gateway returned a Sept. 24 block timestamp after the update.

The outage stemmed from an attempted exploit of a virtual-machine atomicity issue that produced invalid state changes and halted network progression. Engineers conducted recovery procedures before restarting block production.

Kraken’s incident page showed EGLD trading remained in cancel-only mode and deposits and withdrawals were paused when checked on Sept. 24. Cancel-only permits customers to cancel existing orders but blocks new orders and trade execution. Kraken first warned of possible EGLD funding-gateway delays on Sept. 16 and moved EGLD pairs to cancel-only on Sept. 19, dates that precede MultiversX’s public notice of the exploit.

MultiversX cautioned that exchanges could take additional time to reopen services and directed users to check exchange updates before trading or moving EGLD. Its technical account posted that “trading, deposits and withdrawals might remain paused at some exchanges for several more days.”

The interruption between the network pause and the Sept. 24 update covered roughly five days, though exact stop and restart times were not published. The network all-clear applies to on-chain activity; exchanges must confirm their own systems are ready before resuming trading, deposits and withdrawals.

Customers who want to trade or transfer EGLD should monitor their exchange’s incident page for specific reopening details. MultiversX’s gateway update indicates block production has resumed, but Kraken’s posted restrictions continued to govern user access as of Sept. 24.