$WETH Catalyst Posts
April 18, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $WETH Profile · Market Rankings
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59 source posts analyzed· 2026-04-18T19:21:57+00:00If you have WETH on Aave V3 Core, withdraw now, ask questions later.
· 2026-04-18T19:30:29+00:00Wish I had better news but looks like WETH on aave is fucked. Withdraw if you can but likely too late. After umbrella settles normal deposits should be partially withdrawable. A big hit to the DeFi vision
· 2026-04-18T22:35:52+00:00$292M DRAINED, BIGGEST EXPLOIT IN 2026 An attacker drained 116,500 rsETH (18% of supply) from Kelp DAO’s LayerZero-powered bridge, marking 2026’s largest crypto exploit so far. Emergency freezes were triggered across Aave, SparkLend, Fluid, and Upshift as wrapped ether became
· 2026-04-18T19:38:03+00:00NEW: @0xQuit SAYS "WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS BUT LOOKS LIKE WETH ON AAVE IS FUCKED" - "WITHDRAW IF YOU CAN BUT LIKELY TOO LATE. AFTER UMBRELLA SETTLES NORMAL DEPOSITS SHOULD BE PARTIALLY WITHDRAWABLE"
· 2026-04-18T20:37:29+00:00Announcing immediate end of @AaveChan Frontier program. For years we operated ETH staking nodes on behalf of the Aave DAO. Given current situation, we are exiting all validators and will make all ETH available for the Aave DAO to potentially protect the wETH depositors.
· 2026-04-18T20:29:36+00:00Today's @KelpDAO exploiter deposited the stolen $rsETH into various lending protocols (AaveV3, CompoundV3, Euler) and and borrowed massive $WETHs w/ >$236m debt.
· 2026-04-18T21:36:34+00:00WETH liquidity on Aave has now dropped to almost 0 $6.3b in deposits, almost all borrowed out
· 2026-04-18T20:20:03+00:00On KelpDAO's rsETH incident: Checked the chain and it seems like ~200m worth of rsETH was stolen, not minted out of thin air. The attacker deposited the stolen funds in Aave to borrow WETH. The position is technically backed, meaning @aave should have no bad debt. Still
· 2026-04-18T21:46:28+00:00A friend of mine has a lot of WETH supplied to aave he is unable to withdraw now how f*cked is he ?? what to do rn ??
· 2026-04-18T03:59:37+00:00Ape #9572 bought for 72.00 WETH (173,072.16 USD) on Opensea #BAYC #BoredApe opensea.io/assets/ethereu … Memecoin launchpad on Base → Base.meme
· 2026-04-18T21:37:02+00:00$200M was drained from Aave's rsETH markets following an exploit of Kelp's LayerZero bridge earlier today. The exploiter deposited rsETH, and borrowed 83,427 WETH and wstETH from Aave. The breakdown of extracted assets across Aave instances is: Ethereum 52,834 WETH Arbitrum
· 2026-04-18T20:15:48+00:00AAVE UPDATE (no protocol exploit): Kelp DAO rsETH bridge hacked → attacker minted 116k fake rsETH ($280-$293M) and dumped it as collateral on Aave V3 & V4 to borrow real WETH. Aave team froze rsETH markets instantly. Contracts safe. Stani & @aave confirmed zero further
· 2026-04-18T22:15:49+00:00discounted WETH on Aave hitting the otc market
· 2026-04-18T21:58:41+00:00Worst design issue I’ve seen today in aave is the 100% utilization borrow rate on weth is 8% Wat
· 2026-04-18T22:12:25+00:00Never thought I'd see this Whale wants to OTC buy someones wETH AAVE position for a 5% discount.
· 2026-04-18T22:23:54+00:00If plain (W)ETH Aave v3 depositors get a haircut over this, the trust loss in blue chip DeFi will be high.
· 2026-04-18T20:06:30+00:00KelpDAO's rsETH bridge seems to have been exploited for ~$292M. Hacker borrows WETH against stolen rsETH on Aave. Here's what we know.
· 2026-04-18T21:27:07+00:00The current $280M compromise contagion is wild. This wouldn't be a problem with XRP's upcoming Lending protocol XLS-66. Compromised tokens are used as collateral to borrow valuable funds like ETH/WETH. Real potential to accumulate now bad debt if the collateral value crashes,
· 2026-04-18T20:02:58+00:00A bridge exploit let a hacker drain ~$292M by fooling the cross chain system with a forged messages Aave hit the pause button to protect users while they review From what I’ve been reading, if you had rsETH and or WETH you’re pretty much cooked for now On a random Saturday too
· 2026-04-18T20:22:49+00:00To be clear umbrella cover correlated deposit if you have any other assets in umbrella but weth you are fine. GHO is fine too weth exposure not r’high enough to cause depeg and GSM and very very large
· 2026-04-18T21:17:09+00:00If you end up losing money from bad debt in Aave, I’ve got more bad news With theft losses like the Drift hack, you can potentially write off the loss against income. That’s a huge tax deduction. But supplying WETH on Aave means you actually swapped for a new token aWETH.
· 2026-04-18T20:24:45+00:00Wish I had better news but looks like WETH on aave is fucked. Withdraw if you can but likely too late. After umbrella settles normal deposits should be partially withdrawable. A big hit to the DeFi vision
· 2026-04-18T23:53:44+00:00West Ham told you WETH was depegged years ago but did any of you listen
· 2026-04-18T20:03:54+00:00بروتوكل Aave (تحديدا Aave V3 Core) يتعرض للاختراق. العملة المستهدفة هي WETH و rsETH
· 2026-04-18T06:54:03+00:00Solid Gold BAYC sold for 72 WETH($173,000). CryptoPunks came first but Bored Ape Yacht Club is where everything NFTs started. If you don’t believe in apes, you don’t believe in NFTs. It’s that simple.
· 2026-04-18T19:32:09+00:00If you have wETH on Aave, withdraw asap. I say this as rsETH is accepted as collateral on Aave. Better to be safe than sorry.
· 2026-04-18T20:05:00+00:00So we can no longer withdraw wETH in arbitrum? The error message mentions something about borrowing ....
· 2026-04-18T20:36:34+00:00ICYMI Today's @KelpDAO exploiter deposited the stolen $rsETH into various lending protocols (AaveV3, CompoundV3, Euler) and and borrowed massive $WETHs w/ >$236m debt.
· 2026-04-18T21:18:22+00:00Kelp's rsETH was exploited earlier today, around 3 pm EST. Initial reports indicate $300 million has been impacted in an active attack. Sentora Vaults and client strategies have no exposure to rsETH. The borrow rate for WETH on Aave has become elevated, and LST/LRT looping
· 2026-04-18T03:59:40+00:00Ape #9572 bought for 72.00 WETH (173,072.16 USD) on Opensea #BAYC #GoldenApe opensea.io/assets/ethereu … Memecoin launchpad on Base → Base.meme
· 2026-04-18T19:47:02+00:00If you hold WETH on AAVE V3, withdraw it urgently. KelpDAO 116,500 rsETH (~$290m) was hacked. Since the attacker borrowed by posting collateral on AAVE, the now-unbacked rsETHs mean bad debt.
· 2026-04-18T20:39:24+00:00WETH exiting Aave V3 in realtime
· 2026-04-18T22:44:51+00:00Flagship SuperWETH on Ethereum has a small exposure to rsETH through Karpatkey Morpho vaults and the Makina DETH April 26 PT. Our current estimate of this exposure is ~50 ETH, which is ~1.7% of the vault. We are actively working to reduce any remaining exposure and are monitoring
· 2026-04-18T20:22:42+00:00Fusion atomists and the IPOR DAO are following the situation As a precautionary measure the DAO's stETH looping vault on Ethereum mainnet has unwound all WETH exposure on Aave v3 core
· 2026-04-18T13:31:37+00:003 packs - 3 $WILD pulls
· 2026-04-18T22:21:15+00:00UNREAL: $WETH liquidity on $Aave has now dropped to almost 0 $6.3b in deposits, almost all borrowed out
· 2026-04-18T08:07:41+00:00Tokenise pints Let me place WETH bids on Guinness
· 2026-04-18T05:09:25+00:00Ape #9572 bought for 72.00 WETH (173,072.16 USD)
· 2026-04-18T21:34:37+00:00On the KelpDAO LayerZero Exploit Metronome is confirmed not impacted by the ongoing exploit of rsETH. No collateral or treasury operations are held in Kelp DAO rsETH or Aave WETH deposit. So far, the attacker has only exploited the rsETH token. However, it is not yet
· 2026-04-18T17:28:46+00:00Massive Trade on GONDI: @BoredApeYC #9572 (Gold Fur) was exchanged for 72 WETH using the GONDI Trade function. A grail safely and seamlessly changing hands, at the House of Grails.
· 2026-04-18T19:57:13+00:00Withdraw your $WETH on Aave V3 Core, if you are holding any. Kelp DAO have been exploited of $293M worth of $rsETH in the last hour and the attacker used it as collateral on Aave to borrow $ETH, which leave Aave with bad debt as $AAVE dumps.
· 2026-04-18T23:20:51+00:00A META whale just bought $11.54K of $WETH at $113.71M MC
· 2026-04-18T03:00:36+00:00Collector @cxcrypto1 picked up two rares for 0.02 WETH. Thanks for the support
· 2026-04-18T20:23:38+00:00Instan a los proveedores de WETH en Aave a retirar fondos tras el exploit de KelpDAO rsETH
· 2026-04-18T15:56:08+00:00Who’s weth’in right now
· 2026-04-18T07:29:13+00:00The farms are now LIVE, rewards paid in $IGRA Running for around 90 to 100 days, fully funded from our own $IGRA reserves USDT/WiKAS USDC/WiKAS cbBTC/WiKAS WETH/WiKAS Deeper liquidity, smoother trading, stronger markets Put your capital to work and earn alongside the growth
· 2026-04-18T13:42:17+00:00Ape #5402 bought for 6.40 WETH (15,024.19 USD) on Opensea #BAYC #BoredApe opensea.io/assets/ethereu … Memecoin launchpad on Base → Base.meme
· 2026-04-18T21:01:55+00:00The following Euler Prime pairs have been identified as potentially impacted: rsETH/wstETH rsETH/wETH rsETH/wBTC Origination of new loans using rsETH as collateral has been disabled.
· 2026-04-18T07:32:58+00:00Golden ticket This BAYC just sold for 72WETH
· 2026-04-18T20:23:38+00:00Aave's WETH suppliers are advised to withdraw after exploit in KelpDAO's rsETH
· 2026-04-18T12:57:39+00:00Like I can't believe so many still don't see it, No other Team alike, Efficiency will keep scaling
· 2026-04-18T23:29:39+00:00Would it be too much to ask for one of these 9 figure exploits to spend a small chunk of that WETH on my nft bags for a change? You've got 300M... what's a couple thousand WETH for the nft bros that are down horrendous. A drop in the bucket. Just sayin. From villain to hero.
· 2026-04-18T04:07:36+00:00Return to Monke! Ape #9572 just sold for 72 WETH
· 2026-04-18T19:46:33+00:00If you have wETH on Aave V3 Core, withdraw now. The KelpDAO hacker is using this to borrow against it.
· 2026-04-18T12:57:50+00:00Sappy Seal #4915 bought for 0.09 WETH (200.36 USD) on Opensea #SappySeals opensea.io/assets/ethereu … Memecoin launchpad on Base → Base.meme
· 2026-04-18T06:56:03+00:00WETH*
· 2026-04-18T19:31:47+00:00Moonbird #8328 bought for 0.78 WETH (1,839.52 USD) on Opensea #Moonbirds #MoonbirdsNFT opensea.io/assets/ethereu … Memecoin launchpad on Base → Base.meme
· 2026-04-18T04:34:22+00:00Sappy Seal #4770 bought for 0.08 WETH (201.53 USD) on Opensea #SappySeals opensea.io/assets/ethereu … Memecoin launchpad on Base → Base.meme
· 2026-04-18T19:21:42+00:00Rare Hashmask Sale! #1,073 / 16,384 (Top 5%) 0.119 ETH (+8.2%) Prev: 0.11 WETH Held: 7 days Follow so you never miss a sale opensea.io/assets/ethereu …