Kelp DAO Deprecates LayerZero and Migrates to Chainlink CCIP Following $292 Million Attack
According to The Block, Kelp DAO will abandon LayerZero and adopt Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as its cross-chain infrastructure, along with Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard.
Previously, in April, Kelp DAO suffered a cross-chain bridge attack totaling approximately $292 million; the attackers are suspected to be linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group and exploited the single-validator configuration of the LayerZero-powered OFT cross-chain bridge to steal 116,500 rsETH. Chainlink states that its CCIP requires at least 16 independent node operators to validate cross-chain transactions.
