The KelpDAO exploiter drained approximately $292 million from the liquid restaking protocol's Layerzero-powered bridge on April 18, in what has become the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) exploit of 2026.
The attackers targeted LayerZero, the cross-chain messaging infrastructure, to poison the verification process and drain funds. They executed an RPC-spoofing attack using a custom payload designed to forge a message to the Decentralized Verifier Network with minimal warnings.
Our base forecast is that Solana will trade between $330 and $350 by 2030. However, to achieve this projection, Solana would have to maintain steady growth and trade above $100 for the rest of 2026.
