KelpDAO, in collaboration with EigenLayer, announced the launch of $KEP, set to launch tomorrow, introducing a significant development in the DeFi space by making EigenLayer Points liquid, ownable, transferable, and interoperable. $KEP, the first token representation of EigenLayer Points earned by Kelp, is now available for claiming, with a quick guide provided by KelpDAO. This innovation allows participants to freely trade and speculate on EigenLayer Points, with a trading pool already live. In related developments, EigenLayer has been acknowledged for its pioneering role in restaking, amidst the emergence of multiple liquid restaking protocols. Additionally, $KEP's tokenization of EigenLayer points has led to a trading valuation of $21 million. Eigenlayer also announced a significant $100M funding round from a16z, underscoring the growing investor interest in DeFi. Moreover, Uniswap’s proposal to activate revenue sharing has gone live, marking another notable event in the DeFi ecosystem.