$DRIFT Catalyst Posts
September 30, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $DRIFT Profile · Market Rankings
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7 source posts analyzed· 2026-09-30T02:34:10+00:00Drift Co-Founder Cindy Steps Down, Rebranded Protocol Velocity Completes Audit and Officially Relaunches Drift (now rebranded as Velocity) co-founder Cindy announced her resignation in a post. She reflected that five and a half years ago, the team built an on-chain perpetual
AI visual analysis: A close-up portrait of an East Asian woman with long brown hair, wearing red lipstick and dangling earrings, smiling against a nighttime city skyline backdrop.
· 2026-09-30T07:17:03+00:00It has been exactly half a year since Drift was hacked for $285 million, and the current progress on Drift's post-disaster reconstruction: 1/ Brand upgrade: X account renamed to @VelocityDEX 2/ Changed logo 3/ Official website, Github, and official documentation all updated to
AI visual analysis: A bilingual Twitter announcement from Cindy (@cindyleowtt), Co-Founder of Drift Protocol, declaring her departure from the exchange after 5.5 years, as Drift rebrands to @VelocityDEX following its $285 million hack six months prior.
· 2026-09-30T21:35:43+00:00someone needs to step in and save @Ostium like @tether did for Drift (now known as @VelocityDEX ) You'd think someone out there will do $20 million and take a 25% equity stake?
· 2026-09-30T15:29:42+00:00NEW: @DriftFDN Foundation has launched a 10% bounty with @Bybit_Official , up to $29.5M, for April’s $295.4M hack. Drift also shared that $9.2M was frozen after the attacker moved funds through Tornado Cash in August.
AI visual analysis: A screenshot of the LazarusBounty page on the Drift Foundation website shows a $29,570,637 total bounty (10% of the $295,706,375 total hacked) to be paid from the Returned Funds of the April 2025 Bybit hack. A donut chart visualizes the breakdown, with 1.14% (Frozen, $3,354,030) and 98.86% ($292,541,949) Remaining/Trasferred, consistent with reports that $9.2M was frozen after funds moved through Tornado Cash.
· 2026-09-30T08:27:16+00:00I can't even find the Drift account to file a complaint! I'm so pissed at you guys, this group of project owners.
AI visual analysis: An X (Twitter) account suspension notice reading 'Account suspended' with the message 'X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules'.
· 2026-09-30T00:51:02+00:00I don't think her staying would be a plus for Drift's repayment, and I don't even know if she should keep taking responsibility for this hack, but the thing is, everyone's money hasn't been returned at all, so even if she says, "I'll quit Drift and focus on running the yoga
· 2026-09-30T20:11:53+00:00No real money, just a test: can bots do the one thing humans can't, which is buy when everyone else is capitulating? The coin, $DRIFT , opened at $9.60M and bled for most of the night. At its low it was down more than 50%. The desk watches 61 coins, and five bots talk to each
