# Aave DAO Offers To Contribute 25,000 ETH To DeFi United

*The Aave DAO offers a 25,000 ETH contribution to the DeFi United Relief Vehicle for KelpDAO's rsETH following a 75,081 ETH residual shortfall.*

By [ETH Daily](https://ethdaily.io) · 2026-04-24

aave, defi, governance, rseth, kelpdao, layerzero

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Aave service provider TokenLogic [published](https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-rseth-incident-funding-update/24740) a governance proposal to allocate a 25,000 ETH contribution from the Aave DAO treasury toward DeFi United, a coordinated recovery effort aimed at fully restoring the backing of [KelpDAO's rsETH](https://ethdaily.io/kelpdao-layerzero-bridge-exploit). Aave calculates a residual funding gap of approximately 75,081 ETH, after accounting for [30,766 ETH frozen by the Arbitrum Security Council](https://ethdaily.io/arbitrum-freezes-kelpdao-exploiter-eth) and expected liquidation recoveries from the attacker's positions on [Aave](https://ethdaily.io/aave-freezes-eth-lst-markets) and Compound.

DeFi United is led by Aave service providers and includes contributions from Lido, EtherFi, Ethena, Ink, BGD Labs, Stani Kulechov, Emilio, Ernesto, and the Golem Foundation, with additional pledges expected. [Mantle has separately committed a 30,000 ETH credit facility](https://ethdaily.io/mantle-extends-loan-facility-to-aave-dao) to the coalition. With Aave's 25,000 ETH contribution added, approximately 5,511 ETH of the residual gap remains, which the coalition expects will be covered.

Any additional public donations received after the proposal is approved will not reduce Aave's treasury commitment, instead it will be directed toward repaying Mantle's credit facility. Once gathered in full, the coalition will place the full 120,015 ETH into the [LayerZero](https://ethdaily.io/layerzero-rpc-poisoning-attack) lockbox to execute the recovery. The proposal will advance to a Snapshot vote by AAVE token holders.

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*Originally published on [ETH Daily](https://ethdaily.io/aave-contributes-25000-eth-to-defi-united)*