Cetus Protocol labeled its $6 million bounty offer as a “whitehat settlement” and broadcast the proposal through an on‑chain message

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In a May 22 follow-up statement accompanied by an on-chain message, the Cetus team confirmed they had identified the attacker’s Ethereum wallet and offered a “whitehat settlement” to recover user funds. The hacker is being asked to return 20,920 ETH and all frozen assets on Sui Sui sui -5.42% Sui in exchange for keeping 2,324 Ethereum Ethereum eth -3.08% Ethereum, worth approximately $6 million, and immunity from legal action.