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Kelp Pauses rsETH Contracts on Mainnet and Multiple L2s; Launches Investigation into Attack Incident

BroadChainBroadChainTime: 2026-04-19 19:16

BroadChain learned that at 19:16 on April 19, according to PANews, Kelp—the Ethereum restaking protocol—officially confirmed suspicious cross-chain activity involving rsETH. The rsETH contracts on the mainnet and multiple L2s have been suspended, and an investigation into the incident has been launched. Kelp is collaborating with LayerZero, Unichain, auditing firms, and security experts to conduct a root cause analysis (RCA); a detailed incident analysis will be published subsequently.