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