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April 19, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $DAO Profile · Market Rankings
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7 source posts analyzed· 2026-04-19T16:58:22+00:00Kelp DAO got drained for $292M yesterday. Biggest DeFi hack of the year. Aave didn't get touched. Their contracts are fine. But someone used the stolen $rsETH as collateral on Aave to borrow $wETH against it, and now Aave is sitting on $196M of bad debt. $6.6 billion exited
· 2026-04-19T11:14:28+00:00Citrea’s LayerZero OFT paths (USDC, USDT, wBTC) are not impacted by the recent rsETH KelpDAO exploit on Ethereum. All Citrea OFTs use a 2/2 DVN setup, with Citrea as one of the verifiers. USDC.e, USDT.e and wBTC.e on the Citrea ecosystem continue to function as expected.
· 2026-04-19T16:24:16+00:00An attacker exploited Kelp DAO’s LayerZero bridge for about $292M It’s now the largest exploit of 2026, surpassing Drift Protocol’s hack of $285M on April 1 by a few million. Here’s what we know so far: - about 116,500 rsETH was drained: worth $292M and roughly 18% of the
· 2026-04-19T21:19:21+00:00Scam is spelled D.A.O.
· 2026-04-19T16:05:03+00:00$293M stolen from KelpDAO today and Aave users are about to eat the bad debt. fault lies with KelpDAO since they configured their bridge with a 1-of-1 DVN (single verifier) setup but bad debt sits with Aave, so Aave takes the hit this will be tough for Umbrella users to accept
· 2026-04-19T15:22:17+00:00DAO shalt not ape thy bag into DAOs
· 2026-04-19T05:01:14+00:00DeFi hacking is crazy scary. We are not just about the yield. We also want safety. Felt bad for Kelp DAO / AAVE. If you want steady earnings from your crypto without big risks, check out @alturax ' smart vault strategies. These vaults are like expert-managed savings