Kelp DAO Exploiter Launders $80M in ETH
An attacker behind the $292 million exploit of LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge Kelp DAO has laundered roughly $80 million worth of Ethereum.
Articles by Nikolas Sargeant
Nik is a content and public relations specialist with an ever-growing interest in Crypto. He has been published on several leading Crypto and blockchain based news sites. He is currently based in Spain, but hails from the Pacific Northwest in the US.
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