Withdrawing $300 million in 5 minutes, Sun Yuchen's escape technique is truly textbook-level.

AAVE had an incident, and it was found that Brother Sun’s escape speed was truly exceptional. As expected, anything can be questioned, but Brother Sun’s skills cannot be doubted!

Honestly, this move is hard to argue with.

On April 18th at 18:52 UTC, the official began freezing all deployed rsETH/wrsETH markets. The HTX Recovery address initiated five withdrawals from the Aave Pool V3 at 19:13, 19:14, 19:15, 19:16, and 19:17 UTC, quickly pulling nearly 300 million USD worth of USDT within five minutes, mercilessly.

The timeline is simple, but the significance is extremely high.

In theory, for such a high-level risk event, most people are still watching on the chain and asking in groups “What happened?” while Brother Sun has already started retreating.

No hesitation, no delay, no “let’s see what happens.” Just clean, swift, and seamless.

Many like to describe it as “running fast,” but in reality, such operations rely not on hand speed.

Think carefully about the on-chain reality.

Risk information is fragmented; market freezes do not mean assets are immediately safe. Large liquidity withdrawals themselves impact the pools, and most people haven’t even reacted to what just happened.

What was accomplished within these five minutes essentially involves three things:

1. Recognize the risk level immediately (not ordinary volatility);

2. Judge that the liquidity window is still open (can still withdraw);

3. Quickly execute multiple large withdrawals.

This reflects a deep understanding of DeFi mechanisms, not just watching the charts.

On-chain “Retreat Art”: What did Brother Sun do right in this move?

If you simply break down the actions, it’s quite straightforward: Call the Aave V3 Pool, withdraw in batches, and take out U.

But the key is “how” and “when” to do it.

1. Batch operations to avoid getting stuck, five consecutive withdrawals instead of one all-in, indicating: considering liquidity depth, avoiding failure or slippage on single transactions, increasing success rate. This is a typical on-chain large fund operation strategy.

2. The most critical point is “after freeze, before congestion.” Freezing the market ≠ assets immediately unwithdrawable, but the window is very short. Most people are either still confirming information or panicking, while these transactions happen to be in the time gap where: rules have changed, but the system isn’t congested yet. This is a classic “on-chain time arbitrage.”

3. Using the HTX Recovery address to perform these operations with a recovery address is also very deliberate: Assets are clearly consolidated, risk control paths are clear, making subsequent handling easier.

This shows it wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision but a rapid response under systematic management.

The real gap isn’t information but “decision speed.” Many people might say: “Did he know in advance?”

This kind of question misses the point.

The reality of the on-chain world is: information is public, transactions are transparent, and risk signals often already appear on-chain.

The real difference lies in: when you see the signals, do you doubt or act? Most will: wait for confirmation, wait for others to explain, wait for KOLs to tweet, while a few will: directly read on-chain data, assess the worst-case scenario, and execute immediately. That is the fundamental difference.

Not to exaggerate, but these five minutes are more valuable than many tutorials. Brother Sun’s move is not just luck, nor just “running fast.”

The on-chain world is very fair: every transaction you see is a direct reflection of your cognition and execution ability. And these five minutes can indeed be considered a high-level DeFi practical lesson.

It must be said that Brother Sun’s DeFi skills are quite good.