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Aave's 40 Web3 Business Partners: Defining the On-Chain USD Interest Rate Market @aave has built a network of Web3 partners spanning TradFi/RWA, stablecoins, infrastructure, wallets, DeFi protocols, exchanges, and custody solutions. · TradFi & RWA: Partnerships with institutions like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, and JPMorgan, alongside RWA platforms such as @centrifuge, @OpenEden_X, and @Securitize, show Aave moving beyond native crypto lending to meet the financing needs of real-world assets on-chain. · Stablecoin: Collaborations with @circle, @tether, @ethena, @Ripple, and @Plasma position Aave to compete for the critical entry point to on-chain USD liquidity. Controlling stablecoin deposits brings it closer to setting on-chain interest rates. · Infrastructure: @chainlink, @Consensys, Flashbots, and @0xMantle provide price oracles, MEV optimization, and multi-chain expansion capabilities. · User Distribution: Wallets such as @MetaMask, @Ledger, @BitgetWallet, @privy_io, and @turnkeyhq lower entry barriers, while institutional channels like @krakenfx, @Bybit_Official, and @FireblocksHQ help amplify capital inflows. · DeFi Extension: Protocols like @pendle_fi, @maplefinance, and @CoWSwap extend Aave's liquidity into fixed income, institutional lending, and trading scenarios. From its early focus on improving lending efficiency for crypto assets to the launch of GHO and the battle for on-chain USD liquidity, Aave is positioning itself to define the on-chain USD interest rate system. 👇 Aave Crypto Business Partner

Aave LLC has filed an emergency motion to vacate a restraining notice served on Arbitrum DAO on May 1, 2026 that attempts to seize approximately $71 million in ETH belonging to victims of the April 18 exploit. A thief does not gain lawful ownership of stolen property simply by taking it, and the law is clear on this. Those assets were recovered to be returned to users victimized in the April 18, 2026 exploit. Freezing them harms the very people this recovery effort is designed to protect. We’ve asked the court for an expedited hearing and a temporary vacatur, and we are continuing to work alongside the Arbitrum community and DeFi United to make affected users whole.

Aave in one tab. Uniswap in another. Morpho in a third. DefiLlama in a fourth to compare rates. A bridge in a fifth. Don't forget your browser extension! And we wonder why DeFi hasn't gone mainstream.

$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 29,782 WETH 821 wstETH At the time of writing: - Aave rsETH markets are frozen. - No other LayerZero OFT token was affected. We are assisting multiple teams in investigating the root cause and the full path the funds took after extraction. A longer investigative report will follow soon.

The rsETH markets on Aave V3 and Aave V4 have been frozen. Aave's contracts have not been exploited and this is an exploit related to rsETH. The freeze follows an exploit of the Kelp DAO rsETH bridge. Freezing the rsETH markets prevents new deposits and borrowing against rsETH collateral while the situation is assessed. We are reviewing information about rsETH borrows on Aave that occurred after the exploit and will share more details as soon as possible. If the protocol accumulates bad debt from this incident, we'll explore paths to offset the deficit.