$AAVE DAO is discussing stopping the $AAVE buyback for now, and the reason is straightforward: the losses from the cross-chain vulnerability in rsETH, including asset recovery and potential bad debts, have not been fully understood yet. Keeping the protocol revenue in the treasury at this stage allows for more flexibility in future handling. In the short term, this is not friendly to $AAVE , as the buyback expectations are being held back, and market sentiment is likely to be affected initially; but from a risk control perspective, this step is also pragmatic—first safeguarding the balance sheet, then waiting for the event to unfold. $AAVE $ETH