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May 01, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $DRIFT Profile · Market Rankings
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21 source posts analyzed· 2026-05-01T19:20:50+00:00Very sad news, but this is the common problem with all DeFi platforms, the source of the yield is often risky or fundamentally problematic. Carrot was backed by @solBOOGLE , both in the seed round and in terms of community reach, so it had a huge opportunity. But @DriftProtocol
· 2026-05-01T18:01:26+00:00interestingly, the two biggest defi hacks in april (drift $285m and kelp dao $293m) were not smart contract exploits where AI could have helped drift was a social engineering attack and kelp was a compromised DVN verifier - in both cases private keys were compromised, not code
· 2026-05-01T20:48:12+00:00trained an AI agent to hack crypto protocols here's its portfolio for April: 1) apr 1 - drift - $285m 2) apr 3 - silo v2 - $392k 3) apr 4 - tmm - $1.67m 4) apr 5 - denaria finance - $165k 5) apr 9 - aethir - $423k 6) apr 12 - hyperbridge - $2.5m 7) apr 12 - subquery - $60k 8)
· 2026-05-01T04:44:32+00:00In 2026, 64 crypto protocol hacks have been recorded, totalling $802 million. Top 2026 hacks by amount lost: Kelp: $293 million Drift Trade: $285 million Balancer V2: $128 million In Web3 security is more important because in Web2 there are only data leaks and hacks. But
· 2026-05-01T17:31:05+00:002/ Week 1: April started with a bomb Apr 1: @DriftProtocol $285M Apr 3: @SiloFinance V2 $392K Apr 4: BSC TMM $1.67M Apr 6: @DenariaFinance $165K Apr 7: @squidrouter $517K Day one. $285M gone before the month even found its footing.
· 2026-05-01T09:24:13+00:00$DRIFT long update
· 2026-05-01T13:10:14+00:00North Korean hackers spent months personally targeting the Drift Protocol team before draining $285 million in the largest social engineering attack ever recorded against a crypto protocol. No lines of code broken, just manipulation
· 2026-05-01T18:21:53+00:00$DRIFT chart zoomed out Look at that huge gap to October crash 700% room to go SL was hit in the second trade, but I re enter if it goes up above 0.0456 again
· 2026-05-01T04:55:07.929520+00:00Senators Press Tether, Howard Lutnick Over Related-Party Lending U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden are pressing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Tether over what they describe as national security risks tied to related-party lending between
· 2026-05-01T00:46:50+00:00DefiCarrot ประกาศเตรียมปิดตัว แนะให้ผู้ใช้งานถอนเหรียญออกก่อน 14 พ.ค. นี้ โดยตัวนี้เป็นตัวนึงที่ได้รับผลกระทบจากเหตุการณ์ Drift โดน Hack
· 2026-05-01T13:03:06+00:00NORTH KOREA DOMINATES CRYPTO HACKS! Out of the total crypto hacks that occurred in 2026 so far, North Korea alone is responsible for 76%! ➠ This year, hackers have stolen approximately $577M. ➠ Major Attacks! Huge exploits like Drift Protocol $285M and KelpDAO $292M have
· 2026-05-01T07:43:47+00:00JUST IN: DeFi protocol Carrot becomes first casualty of $285M Drift exploit Carrot's total value locked has collapsed 93% in a month, from $28 million to $1.99 million, leaving the protocol financially unable to continue.
· 2026-05-01T17:05:10.825211+00:00DeFi’s freeze of stolen funds sparks governance split The debate over DeFi’s supposed “trustless” nature has been foregrounded again as a high-profile exploit tests the boundaries of on-chain governance and emergency intervention. After Arbitrum
· 2026-05-01T08:15:10.207109+00:00April Ends as the Most-Hacked Month in Crypto History The largest incidents included a $292 million exploit involving KelpDAO and a $280 million attack on Drift Protocol, alongside smaller cases like a $2.5 million loss at Hyperbridge. Unlike pr
· 2026-05-01T22:15:03.307235+00:00Crypto hacks hit record high in April as 20+ exploits shake DeFi Hackers stole over $625 million across 20 to 30 separate attacks in April 2026 alone. That’s nearly one attack every single day. DefiLlama posted a chart on X showing that April averaged near
· 2026-05-01T07:25:08.640112+00:00DeFi protocol Carrot becomes first casualty of $285M Drift exploit Solana-based decentralized finance yield protocol Carrot said Thursday that it is shutting down permanently, becoming one of the first DeFi protocols to fall due to contagion from the Drift P
· 2026-05-01T07:05:08.771970+00:00Carrot becomes first known casualty of reported $285M Drift exploit DeFi protocol Carrot has emerged as the first known casualty of the reported $285M exploit targeting Drift, a Solana-based perpetual futures platform, raising concerns about contagion risk ac
· 2026-05-01T03:05:06.040208+00:00Drift Protocol Hack: North Korean Hackers Reportedly Stole $285M North Korean hackers reportedly stole $285 million from Drift Protocol following months of offline employee targeting, according to multiple blockchain security firms investigating the incide
· 2026-05-01T11:45:02.760651+00:00SBI Holdings Eyes Stake in Crypto Exchange Bitbank SBI Holdings, one of Japan's largest financial conglomerates, is eyeing a stake in cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank as part of what appears to be a broader push into the country's digital asse
· 2026-05-01T01:05:05.986806+00:00Crypto hacks hit record high in April as 20+ exploits shake DeFi Hackers stole over $625 million across 20 to 30 separate attacks in April 2026 alone. That’s nearly one attack every single day. DefiLlama posted a chart on X showing that April averaged near
· 2026-05-01T08:35:14.471216+00:00April 2026: Cryptocurrency Suffers Record-Breaking Wave of Hacking Incidents Key Takeaways Data from DeFi Llama confirms April 2026 set a record for the highest number of cryptocurrency hacking incidents in a single month Security analysts documented over 24 separate