{"id":152240,"date":"2026-04-18T19:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=152240"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:20:25","slug":"zachxbt-flags-280m-kelpdao-exploit-hitting-ethereum-defi-lending-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=152240","title":{"rendered":"ZachXBT Flags $280M+ KelpDAO Exploit Hitting Ethereum DeFi Lending Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An attacker reportedly exploited a bridge vulnerability in KelpDAO\u2019s rsETH liquid restaking token on April 18, 2026, draining an estimated $280 million or more across Ethereum and Arbitrum. Key Takeaways: ZachXBT flagged a $280M+ theft across Ethereum and Arbitrum DeFi protocols on April 18, 2026. KelpDAO\u2019s bridge exploit created bad debt on Aave V3, with [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An attacker reportedly exploited a bridge vulnerability in KelpDAO\u2019s rsETH liquid restaking token on April 18, 2026, draining an estimated $280 million or more across Ethereum and Arbitrum. Key Takeaways: ZachXBT flagged a $280M+ theft across Ethereum and Arbitrum DeFi protocols on April 18, 2026. KelpDAO\u2019s bridge exploit created bad debt on Aave V3, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":152241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/152241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}