PeckShieldAlert:
Today's @KelpDAO exploiter deposited the stolen $rsETH into various lending protocols (AaveV3, CompoundV3, Euler) and and borrowed massive $WETHs w/ $236m debt.
Today's @KelpDAO exploiter deposited the stolen $rsETH into various lending protocols (AaveV3, CompoundV3, Euler) and and borrowed massive $WETHs w/ $236m debt.
QT: PeckShield Inc. (@peckshield)
Hi @KelpDAO , you may want to take a look at: etherscan.io/tx/0x1ae232da2…
lookonchain:
The attacker minted 116,500 $RSETH ($294M).
By selling $RSETH and using it as collateral to borrow $ETH, the attacker obtained 106,467 $ETH ($250M).
intel.arkm.com/explorer/entit…
KelpDAO was exploited, with ~$294M stolen! 🚨
The attacker minted 116,500 $RSETH ($294M).
By selling $RSETH and using it as collateral to borrow $ETH, the attacker obtained 106,467 $ETH ($250M).
intel.arkm.com/explorer/entit…
lookonchain:
Many whales have already rushed to withdraw their $ETH from #Aave.
$ETH Utilization Rate on Aave has now reached 100%.
Due to the KelpDAO exploit, the attacker deposited $RSETH into #Aave to borrow $ETH, creating bad debt on #Aave.
Many whales have already rushed to withdraw their $ETH from #Aave.
$ETH Utilization Rate on Aave has now reached 100%.
lookonchain:
This trader's 8.02B $ASTEROID, after holding for 580+ days, has gone from near zero to $2.6M in unrealized profit.
From zero to $2.6M profit — a true legend!
This trader's 8.02B $ASTEROID, after holding for 580+ days, has gone from near zero to $2.6M in unrealized profit.
PeckShieldAlert:
Total Holding: 106,466.7 $ETH (~$250M)
#PeckShieldAlert The @KelpDAO exploiter is the #8 largest variableDebtEthWETH holder on #Aave (#Ethereum) with 52,443.94 units ($123M), and the #4 largest variableDebtarbWETH holder on #Arbitrum with 12,381.93 units ($22M)
Total Holding: 106,466.7 $ETH (~$250M)
lookonchain:
He spent $575 to buy 2.79B $ASTEROID on Apr 17, which is now worth over $1M.
This is insane!
dexscreener.com/ethereum/0x76a…
In just 2 days, this guy turned $575 into $1M+ — over 1,700x return! 😱
He spent $575 to buy 2.79B $ASTEROID on Apr 17, which is now worth over $1M.
This is insane!
dexscreener.com/ethereum/0x76a…
lookonchain:
Whales are dumping $AAVE.
• smaugvision sold 20,015 $AAVE for 2.06M $USDC at $103 avg.
• Whale 0xFC56 sold 20,000 $AAVE for 2.05M $USDC at $103 avg.
• Whale 0xA2E4 sold 19,666 $AAVE…
Due to the KelpDAO exploit creating bad debt on #Aave, $AAVE has dropped over 18% today. 🚨
Whales are dumping $AAVE.
• smaugvision sold 20,015 $AAVE for 2.06M $USDC at $103 avg.
• Whale 0xFC56 sold 20,000 $AAVE for 2.05M $USDC at $103 avg.
• Whale 0xA2E4 sold 19,666 $AAVE…
mlmabc:
RAVE Timeline: April 18, 2026
7:26 am UTC: I posted a call to action for Binance, Bitget, & Gate to investigate RAVE market manipulation and offered a $10K bounty.
10:56 am UTC: I posted an update increasing the bounty to $25K.
11:18 am UTC: Bitget publicly acknowledged the call to action.
2:08 pm UTC: Binance publicly acknowledged the call to action.
3:06 pm UTC: RaveDAO posted claiming they have no involvement.
4:19 pm UTC: Gate publicly acknowledged the call to action.
In the days leading up, on April 13 & 14, I confronted RaveDAO co-founder Yemu Xu (wildwoomoo) but have yet to receive an answer.
RAVE launched in Dec 2025 on Binance Alpha with a 1B total supply. The addresses below, linked to the initial distribution, control ~95% of the RAVE supply (h/t Mlm):
0x9831156F1a6E506Fca41503590b42F07c2e80f54
0x8Ed6245C3276307E1A9D9Dc872E98A0E770070fd
0x6020656d1EF182173E45D4Fc375BDD5a48c674B0
0x2664cB80a5ee7D8EC05fe7C752dD62E078056E6d
0x2D81F8AeBf3e58A5e638006c9fd8F38C5220ecab
0x31694d761A8e851cFFbCd286aC54D01e5Ce5aFe6
0x0A1F07993a51CcEb4f52CA67765AECeADDA790d7
0xEB74Df8588cFC1C179Df4bd96C0bB8B227B9bE92
0x53d7d52301366DC14E1916b14eFeC1aDD8F3487b
I found suspicious CEX activity in April 2026 tied to RaveDAO team addresses onchain, which potentially contradicts their recent statement:
Bitget
0x2dc20f2180582172f5450c5d71e23fa438a7031b
0xa3a02aeb97fc1737c66f50d07d024799c137891d
0x2d95eb42525e6087e0cb7869f98da6838ed2e743
Gate
0x31711246b05d71e9eda5e38a3abb654020ee3353
Given the supply concentration, the team at minimum knows who is responsible for this price action.
A simple litmus test: $6B in market cap was wiped out on just $52M of 24hr liquidations (h/t CoinGlass). That ratio points to a manipulated and unsustainable valuation.
RAVE is not the only token with manipulation we have seen on major centralized exchanges. It's just the most blatant, reaching a top 15 market cap within 10 days before dropping 95% in hours.
Other projects with highly questionable price action recently include: SIREN, MYX, COAI, M, PIPPIN, RIVER.
Exchanges need faster intervention on manipulation. Detection at scale isn't easy, but each day of delay means retail traders absorb losses while platforms collect fees on the volume. The outcome is the same regardless of intent.
While it's good the exchanges responded, I find it unlikely this activity wasn't spotted internally before I raised it publicly.
I recognize how much this behavior takes from retail traders, and I plan to investigate similar movements in hopes of identifying the responsible parties.
I want to reiterate that I did not take a position. If I had, I would have been liquidated myself. I also could not anticipate if or when the exchanges would comment publicly.
My $25K bounty will remain active since the only DMs received were unverified claims rather than non-public information with supporting evidence as requested.
RT ZachXBT (@zachxbt)A summary of the RAVE -95% price fluctuation from $26 to $1 over the past 24 hours.
RAVE Timeline: April 18, 2026
7:26 am UTC: I posted a call to action for Binance, Bitget, & Gate to investigate RAVE market manipulation and offered a $10K bounty.
10:56 am UTC: I posted an update increasing the bounty to $25K.
11:18 am UTC: Bitget publicly acknowledged the call to action.
2:08 pm UTC: Binance publicly acknowledged the call to action.
3:06 pm UTC: RaveDAO posted claiming they have no involvement.
4:19 pm UTC: Gate publicly acknowledged the call to action.
In the days leading up, on April 13 & 14, I confronted RaveDAO co-founder Yemu Xu (wildwoomoo) but have yet to receive an answer.
RAVE launched in Dec 2025 on Binance Alpha with a 1B total supply. The addresses below, linked to the initial distribution, control ~95% of the RAVE supply (h/t Mlm):
0x9831156F1a6E506Fca41503590b42F07c2e80f54
0x8Ed6245C3276307E1A9D9Dc872E98A0E770070fd
0x6020656d1EF182173E45D4Fc375BDD5a48c674B0
0x2664cB80a5ee7D8EC05fe7C752dD62E078056E6d
0x2D81F8AeBf3e58A5e638006c9fd8F38C5220ecab
0x31694d761A8e851cFFbCd286aC54D01e5Ce5aFe6
0x0A1F07993a51CcEb4f52CA67765AECeADDA790d7
0xEB74Df8588cFC1C179Df4bd96C0bB8B227B9bE92
0x53d7d52301366DC14E1916b14eFeC1aDD8F3487b
I found suspicious CEX activity in April 2026 tied to RaveDAO team addresses onchain, which potentially contradicts their recent statement:
Bitget
0x2dc20f2180582172f5450c5d71e23fa438a7031b
0xa3a02aeb97fc1737c66f50d07d024799c137891d
0x2d95eb42525e6087e0cb7869f98da6838ed2e743
Gate
0x31711246b05d71e9eda5e38a3abb654020ee3353
Given the supply concentration, the team at minimum knows who is responsible for this price action.
A simple litmus test: $6B in market cap was wiped out on just $52M of 24hr liquidations (h/t CoinGlass). That ratio points to a manipulated and unsustainable valuation.
RAVE is not the only token with manipulation we have seen on major centralized exchanges. It's just the most blatant, reaching a top 15 market cap within 10 days before dropping 95% in hours.
Other projects with highly questionable price action recently include: SIREN, MYX, COAI, M, PIPPIN, RIVER.
Exchanges need faster intervention on manipulation. Detection at scale isn't easy, but each day of delay means retail traders absorb losses while platforms collect fees on the volume. The outcome is the same regardless of intent.
While it's good the exchanges responded, I find it unlikely this activity wasn't spotted internally before I raised it publicly.
I recognize how much this behavior takes from retail traders, and I plan to investigate similar movements in hopes of identifying the responsible parties.
I want to reiterate that I did not take a position. If I had, I would have been liquidated myself. I also could not anticipate if or when the exchanges would comment publicly.
My $25K bounty will remain active since the only DMs received were unverified claims rather than non-public information with supporting evidence as requested.
👎1
lookonchain:
Many whales have withdrawn funds from #Aave, causing its TVL to drop from $26.396B to $20.114B — a decline of $6.28B.
Major withdrawals…
Due to the KelpDAO exploiter borrowing over 82,600 $ETH ($195M) from #Aave using $RSETH as collateral, bad debt has appeared on #Aave.
Many whales have withdrawn funds from #Aave, causing its TVL to drop from $26.396B to $20.114B — a decline of $6.28B.
Major withdrawals…
lookonchain:
80 days ago, trader 0x5811 spent $542 to buy 7.43B $ASTEROID.
Just one day before $ASTEROID pumped, he sold all 7.43B $ASTEROID for $405, taking a $137 loss.
Today, those 7.43B $ASTEROID are worth over $2.6M.
He missed a… x.com/i/web/status/2…
This is the unluckiest guy I've ever seen!
80 days ago, trader 0x5811 spent $542 to buy 7.43B $ASTEROID.
Just one day before $ASTEROID pumped, he sold all 7.43B $ASTEROID for $405, taking a $137 loss.
Today, those 7.43B $ASTEROID are worth over $2.6M.
He missed a… x.com/i/web/status/2…
cz_binance:
» Changpeng Zhao’s memoir is key to understanding the future of crypto
nypost.com/2026/04/18/bus…
New York Post's review of my book. 🙏
» Changpeng Zhao’s memoir is key to understanding the future of crypto
nypost.com/2026/04/18/bus…
cz_binance:
Will do my first book signing event in Dubai soon. Just waiting for physical books to arrive.
币安人生 in HK. I couldn't make it to HK this time. 🙏
Will do my first book signing event in Dubai soon. Just waiting for physical books to arrive.
cz_binance:
One class a day - @GiggleAcademy worldwide.
@cz_binance @NiannianCTO_BNB x.com/cz_binance/sta…
RT Niannian Education (@Nianeducation)Day 189 : Happy weekend with kindergarten students in northern Laos, near the borders of China and Myanmar
One class a day - @GiggleAcademy worldwide.
@cz_binance @NiannianCTO_BNB x.com/cz_binance/sta…
cz_binance:
QT: 超哥BTC (@chaoge_btc)
人太多了，去年到场500多人，今年报名了2500多人。散场了才发现，这是谁还把鞋给丢了？
REPLY Yi He (@heyibinance)
cz_binance:
这都不在一个地方了？地板都不一样了。保护用户操碎了心。帮用户找币找鞋！🤣
这都不在一个地方了？地板都不一样了。保护用户操碎了心。帮用户找币找鞋！🤣
QT: 超哥BTC (@chaoge_btc)
人太多了，去年到场500多人，今年报名了2500多人。散场了才发现，这是谁还把鞋给丢了？
REPLY Yi He (@heyibinance)
cz_binance:
Real people. Real momentum. Real turning points.
That’s why Freedom of Money by @cz_binance hits different for me.
It’s not just a company story — it’s how an entire industry got built live, with fast decisions before the rules even existed.
The biggest lessons that stuck with me: • Solve real user problems first, everything else follows. • Stay disciplined and efficient — time is your biggest asset. • True freedom of money means access without barriers, but also responsibility and building systems people can trust. • Resilience wins: challenges (and even prison) test you, but they shape stronger builders.
Plus, all book proceeds go straight to charity.
These raw insights from CZ are pure gold.
Who else is grabbing a copy? #freedomofmoney #BNB
RT SiRBiNALi 🅡 Binance Angel 🇸🇦 🇦🇺 (@Sirbinali)I’ve been a @BinanceAngel for 5+ years, watching the whole crypto ecosystem grow from the inside.
Real people. Real momentum. Real turning points.
That’s why Freedom of Money by @cz_binance hits different for me.
It’s not just a company story — it’s how an entire industry got built live, with fast decisions before the rules even existed.
The biggest lessons that stuck with me: • Solve real user problems first, everything else follows. • Stay disciplined and efficient — time is your biggest asset. • True freedom of money means access without barriers, but also responsibility and building systems people can trust. • Resilience wins: challenges (and even prison) test you, but they shape stronger builders.
Plus, all book proceeds go straight to charity.
These raw insights from CZ are pure gold.
Who else is grabbing a copy? #freedomofmoney #BNB