Kelp DAO Disputes LayerZero's Account of $290 Million Exploit, Citing Default Settings as Culprit
A recent cryptocurrency exploit has sparked a heated debate between Kelp DAO and LayerZero, with Kelp set to dispute LayerZero's post-mortem of the $290 million disaster. According to a source familiar with the matter, Kelp plans to argue that the compromised verifier was part of LayerZero's own infrastructure, not a third-party verifier, and that the setup was based on LayerZero's default config…
April 20, 2026, 2:41 p.m.