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Isolated Recovery Complete – Counterfeit FLOW Recovered This morning, the final recovery of outstanding counterfeit FLOW from remaining centralized exchanges, including Binance and HTX, was executed by the Community Governance Council. As of today, all counterfeit FLOW traced by forensic firms has been successfully recovered and is now isolated and restricted on-chain pending destruction. This marks the conclusion of Phase 4 of the Isolated Recovery Plan, fulfilling the mandate ratified by the validator network via super-majority consensus. With the recovery complete, the Foundation has scheduled for tomorrow, Jan 13th, 2026 the removal of elevated access used by the Community Governance Council for recovery operations. This temporary emergency measure, deployed for the first time in Flow’s five-year history, was critical for this surgical recovery. It is important to remind everyone that any power given to and action taken by the Governance Council is fully transparent and auditable onchain. Furthermore, any changes to node software must be approved by a majority of network validators in order to proceed. Permanent destruction of counterfeit tokens is scheduled for January 30th, 2026. In the interim, external legal counsel and forensic partners are coordinating with exchanges to assess user exposure. The Foundation is fully committed to cooperate with exchange partners to facilitate a prompt return to full functionality across every trading venue. Coinbase, Kraken, and Gate have already resumed their deposit and withdrawal services. We want to thank our community of believers, ecosystem partners, infrastructure providers, and the cooperative exchange teams who made this targeted and orderly recovery feasible. The surgical removal of the threat is complete, the network is restored, and Flow is ready to move forward stronger than before.