$AAVE led this round of rescue by patching the gaps first, not by telling a story. The 6.89万 units of $ETH missing left by the KelpDAO vulnerability—68,900 coins/units—is still there, and the market’s short-term focus will be on whether the risk can be contained. For $ETH , the pressure remains, but $AAVE and DeFi core assets like it will first benefit from some confidence recovery.