# $WSTETH Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — April 18, 2026

> **Asset:** $WSTETH  
> **Date:** 2026-04-18 (April 18, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/wsteth/2026-04-18  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/wsteth.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @phtevenstrong
> **Author:** Stephen | DeFi Dojo ([@phtevenstrong](https://x.com/phtevenstrong))  
> **Metrics:** 121 likes · 18 retweets · 7 comments · 41.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-04-18T21:25:40+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/phtevenstrong/status/2045614764936634746](https://x.com/phtevenstrong/status/2045614764936634746)  


> 
> "18% unbacked rsETH entered circulation after being stolen from the team from a bridge's mint/burn holdings.

The bridge itself appears unaffected.

This makes rsETH roughly 84% backed.

The rsETH was lent on Euler, Aave, and Compound and ETH, wstETH, and WBTC were borrowed"


### Post #2 by @hexonaut
> **Author:** Sam MacPherson ([@hexonaut](https://x.com/hexonaut))  
> **Metrics:** 114 likes · 8 retweets · 16 comments · 28.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-04-18T23:02:45+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/hexonaut/status/2045639199148195898](https://x.com/hexonaut/status/2045639199148195898)  


> 
> "SparkLend 107% APY on ETH rn - super safe, only Lido wstETH exposure."


### Post #3 by @omeragoldberg
> **Author:** Omer Goldberg ([@omeragoldberg](https://x.com/omeragoldberg))  
> **Metrics:** 113 likes · 12 retweets · 13 comments · 25.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-04-18T21:37:02+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/omeragoldberg/status/2045617627603845231](https://x.com/omeragoldberg/status/2045617627603845231)  


> 
> "$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"


### Post #4 by @LidoFinance
> **Author:** Lido ([@LidoFinance](https://x.com/LidoFinance))  
> **Metrics:** 49 likes · 9 retweets · 2 comments · 3.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-04-18T20:57:20+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/LidoFinance/status/2045607634829513013](https://x.com/LidoFinance/status/2045607634829513013)  


> 
> "stETH and wstETH are unaffected by the rsETH incident. This issue does not impact the Lido staking protocol."


### Post #5 by @MoonwellDeFi
> **Author:** Moonwell ([@MoonwellDeFi](https://x.com/MoonwellDeFi))  
> **Metrics:** 24 likes · 7 retweets · 1 comments · 1.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-04-18T23:50:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MoonwellDeFi/status/2045651211953865065](https://x.com/MoonwellDeFi/status/2045651211953865065)  


> 
> "Update: 
@anthiasxyz
 has temporarily reduced borrow caps to 0.01 for wstETH, weETH, and rETH Core Markets on Base and OP Mainnet.

This is a precautionary measure while the 
@KelpDAO
 rsETH exploit is assessed. 

Caps will be restored once the full impact is understood."


### Post #6 by @realtommybibi
> **Author:** Tommy B. ([@realtommybibi](https://x.com/realtommybibi))  
> **Metrics:** 16 likes · 4 retweets · 2 comments · 876 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-04-18T21:04:39+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/realtommybibi/status/2045609477970518149](https://x.com/realtommybibi/status/2045609477970518149)  


> 
> "So 
@LidoFinance
 just issued a statement: 

$stETH and $wstETH are unaffected by the $rsETH incident. This issue does not impact the Lido staking protocol."


### Post #7 by @polarisfinance_
> **Author:** Polaris ([@polarisfinance_](https://x.com/polarisfinance_))  
> **Metrics:** 10 likes · 3 retweets · 5 comments · 584 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-04-18T13:15:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/polarisfinance_/status/2045491285046567377](https://x.com/polarisfinance_/status/2045491285046567377)  


> 
> "Several people are asking us why we don't accept yield-bearing tokens like wstETH as collateral. We have nothing against it, or other external assets.

Our basic reasoning is that any external dependency becomes a variable that cannot be fully controlled. This is manageable at a"


### Post #8 by @eulerfinance
> **Author:** Euler Labs ([@eulerfinance](https://x.com/eulerfinance))  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 233 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-04-18T21:01:55+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/eulerfinance/status/2045608787776803106](https://x.com/eulerfinance/status/2045608787776803106)  


> 
> "The 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."




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