Kelp DAO Challenges LayerZero's Account of $290 Million Disaster, Citing Default Settings as Culprit
A recent cryptocurrency incident has sparked a heated debate, with Kelp DAO and LayerZero at the center. The liquid restaking protocol is pushing back against LayerZero's post-mortem of the $290 million exploit, which occurred on Sunday. According to a source familiar with the matter, Kelp plans to argue that the compromised verifier was actually part of LayerZero's own infrastructure, and that t…
April 20, 2026, 2:41 p.m.