MetaMask Lido Exits

Active · Beat: Crypto Wire · Last updated Oct 1, 2026, 1:58 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles)

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What’s new

TokenPost (Oct 1, 4:20 a.m. EDT) reports Kaden tying diverted rewards from 18 of 19 affected MetaMask validators to an address ending in 24A3 (Tornado-linked) and flagging three suspected affected validators that had not exited plus ~821 potentially affected validators still active — MetaMask has not confirmed. Lido still targets final exits by end of October 7.

Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 2026Kaden flags ~821 potentially affected MetaMask validators still activeThird chapter — TokenPost residual-active / …24A3 path; three suspected non-exits; signing-authority mechanism still unknown.
  2. Oct 1, 2026Kaden: MetaMask validators diverted ~0.36 ETH in fees as ~17k exits proceedSecond chapter — researcher fee-recipient diversion tally + unconfirmed ~17k / ~523k ETH exit estimate.
  3. Sep 30, 2026MetaMask exits Lido validators after Sep 30 infrastructure incidentOpening chapter — precautionary out-of-order exits on Lido; Oct 7 exit target; no wallet drain claimed.

What’s next

  • Confirm, shrink, or reject Kaden’s residual ~821 / three-non-exit counts.
  • Signing-authority post-mortem; fee-recipient addresses stay corrected after ~16:46.
  • Lido downtime-penalty / reserve-draw tallies ahead of the October 7 exit-complete checkpoint.
  • Stop when Oct 7 exits complete and no new primary incident math ~48h.

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