AAVE could reclaim $100 as focus shifts to rebuilding rsETH collateral

• AAVE price consolidates as market awaits recovery clarity.
• rsETH recovery plan addresses $246M bad debt from the Kelp DAO exploit.
• The immediate resistance sits at $100 as governance execution drives the outlook.

AAVE token is currently priced at $97.13, down 0.3% over the past 24 hours, while the broader market has remained slightly positive.

That difference has kept AAVE in focus, not because of broad weakness, but because traders are waiting to see whether the proposed recovery plan designed to restore rsETH collateral after the Kelp DAO exploit can be executed cleanly.

The key question is whether the recovery effort can remove uncertainty fast enough to allow the token to reclaim the $100 mark and hold above it.

rsETH collateral recovery plan takes centre stage

The main driver behind AAVE’s current setup is the technical plan proposed to rebuild rsETH collateral after the exploit linked to Kelp DAO.

The exploit left about $246 million in bad debt across Aave and Compo...