April 20, 2026·Bearish·critical issue

Aave WETH Hits 100% Utilization, Blocks Withdrawals; Solutions Emerge

Aave's Wrapped Ether (WETH) pool recently experienced 100% utilization, effectively pausing all WETH withdrawals and trapping depositors. In response, ecosystem participants like 0xFluid and 1inch swiftly introduced solutions. These included direct swaps for aWETH against looped positions or into other tokens like wstETH/weETH to help users regain liquidity.

Detected & updated continuously · Source: Ruma

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Wrapped stETH (wsteth)

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@0x_Abdul

the unofficial aave rescue stack, last 24h: - 100% WETH utilization — depositors were trapped - @0xfluid: aWETH → wstETH/weETH direct swap against own looped positions - @1inch : aWETH → any token via pathfinder aave itself still has withdrawals paused, but the ecosystem has