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.

An update on the rsETH incident involving @KelpDAO. To our Mantle community, ecosystem builders, and partners, following our initial statement earlier this week, we want to share where things stand, what has been confirmed, and how we are moving forward. 1. Mantle remains fully secure. Our underlying network, official bridges, and core assets have not been compromised. @LayerZero_Core has confirmed in its KelpDAO Incident Statement that the exploit was isolated entirely to KelpDAO's rsETH configuration, with zero contagion to any other asset or application. The attacker did not interact with Mantle contracts or Mantle markets at any point. The localized liquidity pressure observed in recent days reflects spillover from that third-party cross-chain vulnerability, not any issue with Mantle's infrastructure. The protective pauses outlined in our prior statement remain in place and will be lifted once our team and ecosystem partners confirm it is appropriate to do so. 2. The Mantle ecosystem is resilient. Since April 18, capital has been steadily flowing back into the Mantle ecosystem. Onchain data shows cumulative repayments across core USD assets have reached approximately $204 million within 48 hours. Liquidity conditions continue to normalize, and the strength of the recovery speaks to the depth and resilience of the Mantle community. 3. Mantle is standing together with our ecosystem. Mantle is in active coordination and communication with the @aave team and affected protocols on a coordinated recovery plan, including potential treasury participation. We will continue to share meaningful updates as the situation develops. Through moments like these, Web3's strength shows how we stand together. That's where we are, and where we'll remain. We stand firmly with our builders. Thank you for standing with us. Stay safe.

Update: Following the Kelp/rsETH exploit and resulting in likely bad debt on Aave V3's WETH reserve, 9Summits has withdrawn 100% of its Aave positions across all Lagoon vaults. We have no exposure to Kelp across all Lagoon vault we curate. All depositor funds are safe. We're monitoring the situation

Felix has no exposure to rsETH Over the past day, lenders across DeFi have been withdrawing liquidity out of 1) fear of rsETH exposure and 2) overall concern with DeFi protocol security. To address both concerns briefly: 1) Again, Felix has no rsETH exposure and 2) Felix Vanilla is built with @Morpho's infrastructure; this allows us to inherit Morpho’s smart contract security and risk-isolated design, so Felix vaults only have exposure to the specific markets they lend to (e.g. If another curator on Morpho lends to rsETH collateral, this does not lead to negative impact on Felix lenders) Some current supply rates on Felix for those interested: >USDH Flagship: 19.01% ($4m USDH supplied) >USDH Frontier: 23.97% ($11m USDH supplied) >USDC Flagship: 11.31% ($31m USDC supplied) >USDC Frontier: 24.48% ($18m USDC supplied) These rates will likely be arbed down in the days to come as lenders enter to take advantage, realizing Felix has no rsETH exposure, and borrowers repay freeing up more available liquidity. For more information on who is currently withdrawing to create these high supply rates / whether this is one large whale or a number of addresses, check the four links below from HyperEVMScan for each Felix vault mentioned above—TLDR: withdrawals from these vaults have been spread across a number of different addresses, not one address. >USDH Flagship: >USDH Frontier: >USDC Flagship: >USDC Frontier: For those less aware, "Frontier" vaults and "Flagship" vaults lend to different collateral markets (Frontier vaults tend to lend to higher max LTV collateral markets--higher risk + higher return). To see all current collateral exposure for each vault on Felix, check out: For more risk metrics across Felix vaults, feel free to check out our internal risk monitoring platform here: If you have questions on Felix's risk practices, how we build with Morpho, current collateral exposure, how we price collateral, how Flagship vs Frontier vaults differ, etc, feel free to DM me

We’re fully aware of the rsETH exploit and have been in active remediation with the @KelpDAO team since the incident and continue to monitor. All other applications remain safe. We are still identifying the root cause alongside @_SEAL_Org and others. We will publish a complete post-mortem with @KelpDAO as soon as we have all information.