$ECHO Catalyst Posts
May 19, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $ECHO Profile · Market Rankings
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20 source posts analyzed· 2026-05-19T00:17:14+00:00Three major hacks in just 4 days! On May 15, #THORChain was exploited, with stolen funds exceeding $10M. On May 18, the Verus-Ethereum Bridge ( @VerusCoin ) was hacked, with ~$11.5M stolen. Today, @EchoProtocol_ was exploited, the hacker minted 1,000 $eBTC ($76.64M) and has
· 2026-05-19T06:10:51+00:00Echo Protocol Exploit on Monad Adds to Growing Wave of DeFi Security Breaches
· 2026-05-19T04:08:35+00:00JUST IN: $ECHO falls 11.9% following reports of an exploit allowing an attacker to mint 1,000 eBTC tokens worth approximately $76.7M.
· 2026-05-19T15:45:30.045353+00:00Japan recognizes foreign-issued crypto stablecoins as legal electronic payment methods Japan has recognized foreign-issued crypto stablecoins as legal electronic payment methods, a regulatory shift that could reshape how stablecoin issuers outside the country access one of Asia
· 2026-05-19T06:39:35+00:00CRYPTO JUST SAW 3 MAJOR HACKS IN 4 DAYS The market is finally getting a reminder that not every protocol survives stress. Here’s what just happened • THORChain exploited for over $10M • Verus-Ethereum Bridge hacked for $11.5M • Echo Protocol attacker minted 1,000 fake
· 2026-05-19T05:16:19+00:00$76M exploit on Monad @EchoProtocol_ was reportedly hit after an attacker minted 1K fake eBTC Some funds were bridged to Ethereum and moved through Tornado Cash We have now lost $110M to hacks in May already
· 2026-05-19T02:07:32+00:00Responsibility split 70-30, Echo 70%, Curvance 30%. Curvance is the team or community member responsible for reviewing and approving eBTC as collateral, and it's also dereliction of duty to tolerate an asset with such crude minting permissions.
· 2026-05-19T11:30:51+00:00MONAD GOT HACKED FOR $76M but not exactly. the whole CT ran with the headline… but the truth is VERY different In the last 4 days alone, crypto saw 3 major exploits 1. THORChain - over $10M exploit. 2. VerusCoin - $11.5M stolen 3. EchoProtocol on Monad- $76M exploit - Monad
· 2026-05-19T03:29:57+00:00Another day, another exploits. The latest is @EchoProtocol_ on @monad . What happened? - Single EOA holding Admin Role, with no multisig and timelock compromised. - Attackers revoked the real admin, gave themselves MINTER_ROLE, and minted 1,000 eBTC (~$76.7M) - They then used
· 2026-05-19T03:47:30+00:00ngl, I literally had no idea what @EchoProtocol_ even was until today. and I still don’t understand why people are acting like this is somehow @monad fault. from everything I’ve seen, this was a project-side issue , not a failure of Monad’s security, consensus, or
· 2026-05-19T04:11:21+00:00Use images to showcase the hacker's operational chain after today's @EchoProtocol_ minting contract private key was stolen picture via GPT
· 2026-05-19T17:45:51.929209+00:00Echo Protocol Regains Control After Admin Key Exploit Echo Protocol has regained control of its compromised admin key and burned the 955 $eBTC that remained in the attacker's wallet, the team confirmed on May 19. The move marks a partial resolut
· 2026-05-19T15:45:30.045417+00:00Echo Protocol Regains Control After Admin Key Exploit Echo Protocol has regained control of its compromised admin key and burned the 955 $eBTC that remained in the attacker's wallet, the team confirmed on May 19. The move marks a partial resolut
· 2026-05-19T01:23:40+00:00Another Low-Level Mistake? SlowMist's Cosine: Echo Protocol Possibly Hacked Due to Admin Single-Point Private Key Compromise SlowMist founder Cosine @evilcos posted on Twitter stating that @EchoProtocol_ may have been hacked due to the compromise of the Admin's single-point
· 2026-05-19T15:13:33+00:00DDD (5/19) Tune in or drop out: > SEC set to release tokenized securities innovation exemption this week > 2 more EF researchers resign amid departure wave > Echo Protocol exploited on Monad > MN OKs bank crypto custody > Kraken Q1 revenue up 3% to $507M
· 2026-05-19T20:14:59+00:00@EchoProtocol_ very underrated protocol with a very underrated security team
· 2026-05-19T16:45:46.772723+00:00Echo Protocol Regains Control After Admin Key Exploit Echo Protocol has regained control of its compromised admin key and burned the 955 $eBTC that remained in the attacker's wallet, the team confirmed on May 19. The move marks a partial resolut
· 2026-05-19T17:15:25.612401+00:00Echo Protocol Regains Control After Admin Key Exploit Echo Protocol has regained control of its compromised admin key and burned the 955 $eBTC that remained in the attacker's wallet, the team confirmed on May 19. The move marks a partial resolut
· 2026-05-19T16:05:30.045238+00:00Echo Protocol Regains Control After Admin Key Exploit Echo Protocol has regained control of its compromised admin key and burned the 955 $eBTC that remained in the attacker's wallet, the team confirmed on May 19. The move marks a partial resolut
· 2026-05-19T22:05:53.142517+00:00Echo Protocol Says Unauthorized eBTC Minting on Monad Caused $816K Impact Echo Protocol said it has identified unauthorized activity involving eBTC on Monad that resulted in unauthorized minting and related fund loss, in what the project described as an isolated in