Liquidity Pool Freezing

Liquidity Pool Freezing is the act of disabling trading and liquidity provision within a specific pool during an attack. By locking the pool, the protocol prevents the attacker from draining the remaining assets or performing further arbitrage.

This is often an automated response triggered by a monitoring system detecting rapid, unusual price shifts or large withdrawals. Once the pool is frozen, the team can analyze the state and restore normal function after a patch.

This preserves the remaining liquidity for legitimate users.