Aave Secures Nearly 80% of Required Funds to Offset Bad Debt from Kelp DAO Exploit
Aave, a lending platform, has successfully raised approximately $160 million to cover the $200 million in bad debt resulting from the largest DeFi exploit of the year, as reported by Arkham on Saturday. The analytics platform stated, 'To date, AAVE has raised $160M to cover the bad debt from the Kelp DAO Exploit, at defiunited.eth. The largest contributors, Mantle and AAVE DAO, have together rais…
April 26, 2026, 4:21 p.m.