Lido: rsETH risk exposure is approximately 21.6 million USD, and a 3 million USD first loss protection will be activated if necessary
Lido stated on platform X that its EarnETH treasury was affected by the theft of 116,500 rsETH (approximately $29.2 million) from the Kelp DAO cross-chain bridge on April 18.
EarnETH holds approximately $21.6 million in rsETH risk exposure through leveraged positions in rsETH/ETH on Aave, accounting for about 9% of the total assets in the treasury. The EarnETH team is currently actively deleveraging to reduce risk, and the outcome depends on the final decisions made by Kelp, LayerZero, and Aave regarding loss sharing and bad debt handling.
Lido further stated that EarnETH has a $3 million "first loss protection mechanism" funded by the Lido DAO treasury, which will be used to cover losses if necessary. The treasury has currently suspended redemption processing to assess the losses. This incident does not affect stETH and wstETH, and the core staking protocol of Lido is not involved.
You may also like

10 Counterintuitive Insights on Latin American Payments

Perp DEX: The Next Generation Exchange "War"

The AI gamble of mining companies: Valuations enter a phase of differentiation, and it's hard to turn the tide

A letter from Alliance to entrepreneurs: Written on the occasion of Cursor selling for 60 billion dollars

Stablecoins Finally Find Real Returns: On-Chain Reinsurance Re Explained | Interview with Re Founder Karan Saroya

The impossible triangle is simply a pseudo problem

Will MicroStrategy fall into a death spiral? What will the macro trend be in the second half of the year?

Blockchain Capital Partner: The Core Secret of Arbitrage

STRC unanchored by 11%, can the perpetual motion machine of Strategy still operate?

Bitcoin Market Analysis 2026: Can BTC Reach $150K by Year-End?

Bitcoin ETF Outflows Hit a Record $4.4 Billion: What Are Traders Doing With Their Cash?

WEEX App Just Got Smarter – New Tabs for Faster Trades & Easy Asset Management

WEEX All-New Search Features: Find, Trade & Earn Faster Than Ever

Morning Report | Illinois signs the strictest digital asset tax law in the U.S.; RWA tokenization market size surpasses $43 billion, institutions accelerate the migration of on-chain assets

Full version of the debut Q&A! Federal Reserve Chairman Waller: Sticking to the 2% inflation target, establishing five special working groups, individual did not submit the dot plot

From Disruptor to Shadow Market: The Crypto Market is Becoming a Colony of Traditional Finance

Dalio's important long article: How to position in the current market environment?

