{"id":28794,"date":"2026-05-15T21:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/lombard-joins-chainlink-ccip-as-layerzero-exodus-tops-4b\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T21:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:47:34","slug":"lombard-joins-chainlink-ccip-as-layerzero-exodus-tops-4b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/lombard-joins-chainlink-ccip-as-layerzero-exodus-tops-4b\/","title":{"rendered":"Lombard joins Chainlink CCIP as LayerZero exodus tops $4b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Lombard has joined a wave of protocols switching to Chainlink CCIP as LayerZero migrations top $4 billion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_7c00d19a17afc798688c876dc541036d\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lombard, Kraken and several DeFi protocols have abandoned LayerZero for Chainlink CCIP following a $292 million bridge exploit.<\/li>\n<li>Total assets migrated to Chainlink CCIP now exceed $4 billion across Kelp DAO, Solv, Re.xyz, Kraken and Lombard.<\/li>\n<li>Chainlink CCIP holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications and routes transfers through 16 independent node operators.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LayerZero exploit sparks industry-wide migration<\/h2>\n<p>The shift accelerated after a $292 million exploit drained 116,500 rsETH from Kelp DAO\u2019s LayerZero-powered bridge in April 2026. LayerZero later said it \u201cmade a mistake\u201d by allowing its own verifier network to secure high-value assets in the configuration used.<\/p>\n<p>Kraken <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/financefeeds.com\/kraken-replaces-layerzero-with-chainlink-ccip-for-wrapped-asset-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> that it was replacing LayerZero with Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure for kBTC and all future Kraken wrapped assets. The exchange cited enterprise-grade security, ISO 27001 compliance and SOC 2 Type 2 certification as the reasons for the switch.<\/p>\n<p>Kelp DAO moved rsETH to Chainlink CCIP in early May while its dispute with LayerZero over responsibility for the exploit continued to deepen. LayerZero denied that the single-verifier configuration had been approved by its staff.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Solv Protocol shifted $700 million in tokenised Bitcoin, including SolvBTC and xSolvBTC, from LayerZero to CCIP on May 7. Re.xyz followed with $475 million in TVL, citing CCIP\u2019s 16 independent validator nodes and built-in rate limits as the deciding factors.<\/p>\n<p>Chainlink CCIP has supported over $28 trillion in cumulative on-chain transaction value and averages approximately $90 million in weekly token transfers. The protocol is the only oracle platform to hold both ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certification.<\/p>\n<p>LayerZero has since removed support for 1-of-1 DVN configurations and announced plans to move most routes toward stricter 5-of-5 verifier setups. Despite the migrations, the protocol said more than $9 billion in bridged assets moved through its infrastructure since April 19.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lombard has joined a wave of protocols switching to Chainlink CCIP as LayerZero migrations top $4 billion. Summary Lombard, Kraken and several DeFi protocols have abandoned LayerZero for Chainlink CCIP&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28795,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28794\/revisions\/28795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}