Cryptocurrency20 Apr 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Kelp DAO claims LayerZero’s 'default' settings are what actually caused the mas…

The liquid restaking protocol said the compromised verifier was LayerZero's own infrastructure, and the setup it was faulted for running was LayerZero&#x2…

The liquid restaking protocol said the compromised verifier was LayerZero's own infrastructure, and the setup it was faulted for running was LayerZero's onboarding default. Kelp DAO is disputing LayerZero's account of a $290 million rsETH bridge exploit, claiming that the compromised single-verifier setup relied on LayerZero’s own infrastructure and defaults rather than an outlier configuration it chose against advice. Some security researchers say LayerZero’s public documentatio…

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