The second greatest DeFi protocol on the planet, AAVE took a large hit over the past three months after the entire worth locked on the lending dApp fell from $14 billion to $5.03 billion. That’s not all. AAVE was additionally affected in the course of the latest Concord hack, which resulted in a $100 million exploit. Contemplating the altcoin’s robust street, it may be acknowledged that…
…AAVE just isn’t in “Concord”
The Ethereum-Concord bridge that was exploited additionally affected AAVE V3 Concord. The protocol was disrupted because the belongings exploited have been additionally listed on the protocol, particularly DAI, USDC, USDT, and AAVE.
Nevertheless, since V3 was not the first goal of the assault, it didn’t endure any losses. The one losses it has confronted have been the results of the broader market’s bearishness which precipitated a 21% decline in its worth. Nevertheless, the asset rallied by 12.7% within the final 24 hours, igniting optimism amongst its traders.
However it isn’t sure if the rally triggers a restoration within the case of the altcoin, it’s going to nonetheless want much more than a inexperienced bar. Buying and selling at $63.07, AAVE can nonetheless presumably climb the charts for the reason that token has the help of its traders, which is turning into comparatively uncommon today.

Supply: TradingView
On a mean, AAVE traders have been conducting transactions amounting to greater than $40 million, with the identical peaking at $127 million in the direction of the tip of June.
That is although greater than 89.5% of AAVE holders have been going through losses for greater than a 12 months now. The final time all AAVE traders have been in revenue was again in January 2021.

AAVE correlation to Bitcoin | Supply: Intotheblock – AMBCrypto
What’s AAVE as much as?
This additionally started affecting the typical steadiness on every investor’s pockets since the remainder of the market continued to stay caught in a downtrend, and on the similar time, AAVE traders additionally kept away from exiting the market. Consequently, the typical steadiness went down from the peak of $175.3k in February 2021 to simply $8.1k greenback as of 4 July.
Going ahead, what traders will resort to can’t be stated since AAVE shares a really excessive correlation of 0.89 with Bitcoin, making it prone to a worth fall as a lot because it opens the chance for a rally.

AAVE correlation to Bitcoin | Supply: Intotheblock – AMBCrypto