Kelp DAO ditches LayerZero for Chainlink's cross-chain infrastructure following $292 million exploit

Kelp DAO, the DeFi lending protocol at the center of the $292 million bridge exploit last month, is dropping LayerZero as its cross-chain infrastructure provider in favor of Chainlink. 

With the move, Kelp DAO is "the first major protocol to move away from LayerZero since the exploit," a Chainlink representative told The Block. 

Many onlookers blame LayerZero at least partially for the…