Aave Price Holds Near $111 After $27M Liquidation Error Shakes DeFi

Key Insights

• Aave traded near $111 after a CAPO oracle configuration error triggered $27 million in liquidations across 34 wstETH-backed accounts.
• Trading activity cooled as derivatives volume dropped and open interest declined, signaling that traders stepped back following the liquidation incident.
• Aave price remains inside a descending channel with support near $110, while resistance between $125 and $130 continues to cap recovery attempts.

Aave traded near $111 on Wednesday as traders reacted to a liquidation event that briefly unsettled confidence in the lending protocol. The token changed hands at around $111.45 during the session, reflecting a decline of about 2.2% over the past day.

Besides the daily drop, the token moved between $105.31 and $118.70 during the past week while recovery attempts continued to face resistance. The market still trades below levels recorded before the earlier downturn, which shows that buyers have not fully regained momentum.

Trading Activity Shows Cooling Momentum

Trading activity slowed as market participation eased across spot and derivatives markets. Daily trading volume reached about $29 million, which marked an 11% decline compared with the previous day.

Moreover, derivatives data from CoinGlass showed a similar trend across futures markets. Futures trading volume dropped 14% to roughly $300 million, while open interest declined nearly 5% to around $190 million.

Source: TradingView

Consequently, simultaneous declines in trading volume and open interest often indicate that traders reduce exposure while closing positions.

Oracle Configuration Error Triggers Liquidations

The shift in sentiment followed a liquidation incident that affected users of the Aave lending protocol. However, the event did not result from a security breach or sudden market collapse.

Instead, a configuration issue inside CAPO, Aave’s internal oracle that monitors collateral prices, triggered the problem. The error affected positions that used wstETH, the wrapped staked ether token issued by Lido, as collateral.

A mismatch between an exchange rate snapshot and its timestamp caused the system to read the wstETH to ETH price incorrectly. Consequently, the oracle undervalued the asset by nearly 2.85% and flagged several healthy positions as undercollateralized.

Additionally, automated liquidation systems triggered sales across affected accounts. Around 34 users saw positions liquidated as roughly 10,938 wstETH worth nearly $27 million moved through liquidation processes.

Protocol Stability Limits Broader Damage

Liquidation bots collected close to 499 ETH through fees and bonuses generated during the event. However, the Aave protocol itself remained solvent and did not accumulate bad debt.

Moreover, Chaos Labs worked with the Aave team to correct the oracle configuration shortly after the issue appeared. The Aave DAO and Lido also indicated support for compensating affected users through recovered funds and treasury resources.

Aave continues to trade within a descending channel that reflects lower highs and lower lows on the daily chart. Besides that structure, the token remains below short-term moving averages that continue to act as resistance.

Support currently sits between $110 and $115, where buyers recently stepped in. However, resistance stands near $125 to $130, where the channel trendline and moving averages converge.