Unchained
Unchained
Laura Shin
3. Why Aave's Unified Pool Turned a Bridge Hack Into $193M in Bad Debt
9 minutes Posted Apr 26, 2026 at 8:07 pm.
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Luke Leasure and Shaunda Devens of Blockworks Research explain how three compounding failures, Kelp's one-of-one bridge signer, Layer Zero's permissive default settings, and Aave's failure to flag it as a collateral risk, set up the conditions for the exploit. 
Shaunda Devens then breaks down the monolithic pool design that concentrated risk, showing how 98% of rsETH collateral was backing a single leverage looping strategy. 
This clip is from a longer conversation on the Kelp rsETH hack and its implications for DeFi. Full episode here: https://youtube.com/live/hJ9X_btsvD0
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