I have a proposal here somewhat off the dome, that I'm going to drop here and then bring to Aave directly: we can facilitate exactly this with
@WildcatFi, today.
I haven't caught up with the precise amount to which the hole has been covered, but Aave Labs, once registered as a borrower, would be able to deploy a WETH market parameterised precisely as specified below - tradeable debt token called aaveWETH, 5% APR, whatever capacity it felt is/was viable for them to take on (which can be increased/decreased ad hoc).
Open-access policy restricting OFAC-sanctioned addresses from depositing, but otherwise open to all.
The market would presumably need to be fixed-term in duration - Wildcat markets can facilitate up to two years before converting, and can be configured so that they can be repaid/terminated early if needed.
The prime issue here is time-duration - there would be a need for immediate secondary liquidity for aaveWETH, but there are protocols such as
@agra_gg that can facilitate this provided liquidity is made available (presumably 1:1 based on faith in Aave to repay in time) - alternatively solver-based DEXes such as
@bebop_dex could assist here.
I genuinely don't mean to use a catastrophe to promote our work, and apologise if it comes off as crass - but this kind of facility was also something that we raised in the immediate aftermath of the Bybit hack as a way to facilitate an emergency bridge loan.
In the interests of 'participating' in DeFi United, Wildcat Labs could/would also specifically request that the Wildcat Foundation (which receives revenue from markets) set aside the fees from such a vault (which would be 25 bips on 5% for the duration of the market) to be set aside/earmarked as assets to be handled as best thought appropriate (although, for the avoidance of doubt: the Wildcat Foundation is a wholly independent entity that would have the right to reject this request - I feel compelled to mention this for legal purposes).
I truly think that Wildcat can help here if needed.
Instead of calling for donations:
1) Build a deposit Vault call it "Defi United Eth"
2) Wire Aave wETH revenue to vault capped at 5% APR,
3) Make vault deposit token tradable call it "AaveETH"
4) slowly repay interest principal
Let people deposit, max vault capacity is the total worst case scenario hole.
I'm pretty sure they would have collected more than needed last saturday
Aave has plenty of revenue, Aave DAO and Labs are sitting on 9 figures of treasury each and would have figured it out eventually,
Panic avoided, back to work.
Would have deposited most of my ETH in it, why not?