📰 【Chain Reaction Triggered by KelpDAO Theft of $292 Million: Aave Pulls Out More Than $5.4 Billion, Lending Market Risks Reassessed】


BlockBeats News, April 19 — Multi-chain liquid staking platform KelpDAO was attacked early this morning. The attacker routed out 116,500 rsETH from KelpDAO’s LayerZero-based cross-chain bridge, about $292 million, which is the largest DeFi security incident to date in 2026. About 46 minutes later, KelpDAO made a response. The protocol urgently paused its multisig, freezing core components including the LRT deposit pool, withdrawal contracts, oracles, and rsETH tokens. Kelp said that it had discovered abnormal cross-chain activity involving rsETH and had paused the mainnet and multiple...

KelpDAO paid for this $290 million tuition fee—what a costly one. $BTC
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