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Ab dekho bhaiyo aur behno, LayerZero ne finally maan liya hai ki jo $292 million ka Kelp DAO exploit hua tha, usmein unke khud ke systems ka kaafi bada haath tha. Pehle toh ye company keh rahi thi ki sab Kelp protocol ki galti hai, par ab unhone accept kar liya hai ki unki 1-of-1 Decentralized Verifier Network (DVN) configuration mein gadbad thi, jise unhone khud approve kiya tha. Bas yahi wajeh bani ki unke internal RPC nodes compromise ho gaye aur bade funds chori ho gaye. Ye incident North Korea ke Lazarus Group se bhi joda ja raha hai aur 2026 ke sabse bade DeFi exploits mein se ek bana hai.
Is admission ka sabse bada side effect yeh hua ki clients ka bharosa hi toot gaya. Direct victim, Kelp DAO, ne toh publicly announce kar diya hai ki woh apni cross-chain infrastructure Chainlink ke Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) par shift kar rahe hain. Aur ye akela nahi hai; Solv Protocol, jo $700 million se zyada tokenized Bitcoin manage karta hai, woh bhi LayerZero ka bridging technology chhod kar Chainlink CCIP pe ja raha hai. Ye dono Chainlink ke CCIP pe ja rahe hain kyunki uska verification model zyada robust hai, 1-of-1 DVN jaise nahi.
Ye admission sirf ek apology nahi, balki ek critical confession hai ki LayerZero ke systems mein fundamental problems hain. Woh pehle jo keh rahe the ki protocol 'exactly as intended' kaam kar raha tha, woh ab sach nahi lagta. Aur ek aur badi baat yeh hai ki 1-of-1 DVN configuration, jise ab LayerZero ne khud ban kar diya hai, yeh dikhata hai ki woh potentially flawed setups ko bhi allow kar rahe the, bhale hi woh Kelp ke liye unique na ho. Ye exploit smart contract audits ke scope se bahar, off-chain infrastructure aur RPC nodes ko target kar raha tha, jo ek naya threat hai jise shayad LayerZero ki security cover nahi karti.
Market ka reaction bhi abhi kaafi muted hai. LayerZero ka ZRO token price mein thoda upar-neeche ho raha hai, par market cap abhi bhi $470 million ke aas-paas hai, jo iske all-time high se kaafi kam hai. Trading volumes bhi $45 million ke around hain aur price $1.45 ke aas-paas chal raha hai. Investors abhi bhi future risks ko lekar cautious hain. Overall, DeFi space mein 2026 mein ab tak $770 million se zyada ka nuksaan exploits mein ho chuka hai, jismein sirf April mein $600 million gayab hue. LayerZero ke liye user trust wapas jeetna ek bahut badi chunauti hogi. Kuch log keh rahe hain ki 2031 tak ZRO ka price $1.87 tak jaa sakta hai, par yeh sab tabhi hoga jab LayerZero apni security ko double-check kare aur market ko prove kare ki woh ab reliable hain, jabki sab log aise breaches se dar rahe hain.