Aave
Trader’s $50.4M AAVE Swap Reduced to $36K After Liquidity Vacuum and MEV Extraction
A single oversized trade turned into one of the clearest recent examples of execution risk
Mia Thompson
March 13, 2026
A single oversized trade turned into one of the clearest recent examples of execution risk
Aave was hit by a roughly $27 million liquidation cascade after a pricing error temporarily
The Aave governance vote to transfer the protocol’s brand assets to the DAO was rejected,
A fast-tracked Snapshot vote over Aave’s brand control sparked a sharp community backlash on December