rsETH Recovery
Coordinated relief for the April 2026 rsETH incident — Aave service providers, Mantle, Arbitrum DAO, and individual contributors covering the shortfall.
- 30,765ETH
- 30,000ETH
- 5,000ETH
- 5,000ETH
- 2,000ETH
- 1,000ETH
- 500ETH
- 350ETH
- 100ETH
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
rsETH bridge contract patched and re-audited by Trail of Bits; deposits resumed mainnet-side.
rsETH bridge contract patched and re-audited by Trail of Bits; deposits resumed mainnet-side.
Open referenceBGD Labs reviewed exposure across Aave service providers; remediation plan signed off by all coalition members.
Once goal-reached, the operator multisig executes proportional distribution to verified affected addresses on the published list.
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.
DeFi United, a coalition of ecosystem participants, has issued the technical implementation plan to restore the @KelpDAO rsETH backing following the April 18 incident, covering the full path to making rsETH whole and resuming normal market operations.
LayerZero Labs is pledging more than 10,000 ETH to @Aave-led DeFi United efforts. They are: • Donating 5,000 ETH to DeFi United • Depositing an additional 5,000 ETH to strengthen Aave markets liquidity • Strategically deepening GHO liquidity
On-chain Snapshot vote to redirect 71M of frozen funds passed — Foundation prepares the multisig transfer.
AIP for 25k ETH commitment from Aave DAO treasury moved to vote — quorum tracking on Snapshot.
11 contributors committed, 132,215 ETH pledged across DAO governance and individual contributors.
query {
DefiUnited_campaign(slug: "rseth-2026-04") {
name
totalPledged
totalReceived
percentReceived
contributorsPublic {
contributorDisplayName
pledgedAmount
status
}
}
}curl -s https://switchboard.defiunited.space/graphql \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"query":"query { DefiUnited_campaign(slug: \"rseth-2026-04\") { name totalPledged totalReceived percentReceived contributorsPublic { contributorDisplayName pledgedAmount status } } }"}'Contributions are voluntary. Relief allocations follow the published distribution plan.