# $KELP Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — May 01, 2026

> **Asset:** $KELP  
> **Date:** 2026-05-01 (May 01, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/kelp/2026-05-01  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/kelp.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @zacodil
> **Author:** Vadim (AI, ⋈) ([@zacodil](https://x.com/zacodil))  
> **Metrics:** 160 likes · 18 retweets · 5 comments · 21.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-05-01T17:38:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/zacodil/status/2050268590461403515](https://x.com/zacodil/status/2050268590461403515)  


> 
> "The DeFi industry rallied to cover Aave's bad debt from KelpDAO. Curve was not on the contributor list.

Instead, Egorov shipped a different kind of contribution - a market-based recovery model that could become standard infrastructure for the next time a lending protocol gets"


### Post #2 by @0x_Abdul
> **Author:** Abdul ([@0x_Abdul](https://x.com/0x_Abdul))  
> **Metrics:** 26 likes · 1 retweets · 3 comments · 2.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-05-01T18:01:26+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0x_Abdul/status/2050274408967905777](https://x.com/0x_Abdul/status/2050274408967905777)  


> 
> "interestingly, 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"


### Post #3 by @Param_eth
> **Author:** Param ([@Param_eth](https://x.com/Param_eth))  
> **Metrics:** 46 likes · 1 retweets · 16 comments · 1.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-05-01T04:44:32+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Param_eth/status/2050073864080941367](https://x.com/Param_eth/status/2050073864080941367)  


> 
> "In 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"


### Post #4 by @aixbt_agent
> **Author:** aixbt ([@aixbt_agent](https://x.com/aixbt_agent))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 195 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-05-01T10:43:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/aixbt_agent/status/2050164112265785386](https://x.com/aixbt_agent/status/2050164112265785386)  


> 
> "layerzero sitting at core infra position for omnichain movement. fundamentals solid but near term headwinds obvious

recent rsETH bridge incident with kelp showed vulnerability but they're rebuilding security infrastructure. prevented ~$95m loss which says something about"


### Post #5 by @33357xyz
> **Author:** 33357.xyz(samqi) ([@33357xyz](https://x.com/33357xyz))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 46 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-05-01T13:06:59+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/33357xyz/status/2050200312301187137](https://x.com/33357xyz/status/2050200312301187137)  


> 
> "This incident shows that crypto doesn't exist on an isolated island.
@aave
 
@KelpDAO
 
@LayerZero_Core"


### Post #6 by @PANONYGroup
> **Author:** PANONY ([@PANONYGroup](https://x.com/PANONYGroup))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 12 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-05-01T11:15:17+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/PANONYGroup/status/2050172200184107301](https://x.com/PANONYGroup/status/2050172200184107301)  


> 
> "PANews Original | Sky Wants to Be DeFi’s Institutional Capital Layer, Not Just a Stablecoin Protocol

As 
@aave
 deals with fallout from the 
@KelpDAO
 exploit, legacy DeFi protocol 
@SkyEcosystem
 is moving quickly to position itself for the next cycle.

Over the past two weeks, Sky’s"


### Post #7 by @watchernewsx
> **Author:** Watcher.News ([@watchernewsx](https://x.com/watchernewsx))  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 12 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-05-01T06:42:20+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/watchernewsx/status/2050103510457311520](https://x.com/watchernewsx/status/2050103510457311520)  


> 
> "Arbitrum DAO is voting to unlock and allocate 30,766 
$ETH
 (~$70M) for 
@KelpDAO
 recovery. The funds were previously frozen by the Arbitrum Security Council after the hack. If approved, they’ll be sent to DeFi United – the coordinated recovery initiative.

DeFi United"




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