aelf Restores Core Services; Exchange Access Varies

aelf restored public full-node access and several core services after an emergency shutdown, according to its September 14, 2026 recovery update, but exchange deposits and withdrawals are resuming gradually and availability differs by venue. ELF traded at $0.066365, down 7.65% on the day. TLDR KEYPOINTS aelf restored public nodes for the AELF MainChain and tDVV dAppChain. Core services were restored after an emergency shutdown. Exchange access varies by venue. aelf restores public nodes and core services after emergency shutdown Public full-node access for the AELF MainChain and tDVV dAppChain is available again, per aelf's September 14 recovery update. The project said aelfscan, FairyVault transfers, Awaken trading, Forest NFT browsing and the TMRW DAO staking interface are reachable again. For related coverage, see Grove Basin: Instant Stablecoin Liquidity for Tokenized Treasuries. Public nodes and core services restored aelf noted that its recovery run did not execute transactions inside those services, meaning reachability is not the same as end-to-end confirmation. CryptoSlate separately reported that both chain-status endpoints showed advancing block heights on September 15, while stating its checks did not submit a transaction or execute a transfer, trade or reward claim. For related coverage, see Bitcoin Falls to $75,000 as Senate Blocks CLARITY Act Advance. Block production stopped for approximately one week, during which no network staking rewards were generated for any staking participants, aelf said. Block-production pause reported by aelf Approximately 1 week According to aelf’s September 14, 2026 recovery update, block production paused for approximately one week, during which no network staking rewards were generated for any staking participants. What remains unspecified about the shutdown The community was notified of malicious smart-contract activity affecting AELF and tDVV on August 18, followed by a controlled recovery, according to aelf's August 26 incident update. As of that date, aelf had identified 155 transactions associated with malicious activity: 127 on AELF and 28 on tDVV, and had analysed five unique .NET payload assemblies. These are project-reported findings, not independently audited counts. aelf said its assessed evidence had not identified unauthorized ordinary-user asset transfers or wallet-key exposure, while explicitly excluding unresolved node and infrastructure credential exposure from that conclusion. Wallet keys stored or used on block-producer or operations hosts were treated as operator credentials subject to rotation. The recovery announcement does not declare a final security all-clear. A full post-incident review and technical appendix will follow completion of investigation, recovery validation, credential remediation, permanent fixes and independent review. Any claim that the investigation and all remediation are complete is unsupported by the announcement. Exchange access varies by venue after aelf service restoration aelf said exchange deposits and withdrawals are resuming gradually and availability may differ by venue, urging users to check official exchange notices and whether the service is enabled.