Summary

Add rETH to Aave v3 Optimism as collateral and to the ETH correlated eMode.

Motivation

rETH is currently listed on Aave v3 Ethereum and Arbitrum. ETH correlated assets make up over half of Aave's TVL on Optimism. By adding rETH and providing LST diversification, Aave presents itself as a neutral platform offering users the choice between various LSTs.

rETH is listed on Aave v3 Ethereum and has over $58M of deposits. Rocket Pool is expanding its support for rETH across the L2 ecosystem and, recently, a Chainlink oracle was published enabling rETH to be added to Aave Protocol. With the release of this oracle, this publication proposes adding rETH to Aave v3 on Optimism.

LST collateral types drive material borrowing revenue to Aave as users deposit the LST and borrow the corresponding network token. This is most evident on Ethereum where the LST-wETH-yield-maximising loop is the source of the vast majority of wETH borrowing demand.

An added benefit of offering a variety of LSTs is the respective communities may elect to compete for user acquisition via Aave through offering incentives. This is currently happening on Aave v3 Polygon and Aave’s TVL has meaningfully increased from a relatively small base.

Specification

Ticker: rETH

Contract Address: Optimism:0x9Bcef72be871e61ED4fBbc7630889beE758eb81D

rETH/ETH exchange rate: Optimism: 0x22F3727be377781d1579B7C9222382b21c9d1a8f

Optimism -Ethereum Correlated eMode Category

Add rETH to Category 2 eMode (ETH correlated)

Implementation

A list of relevant links like for this proposal:

• Governance Forum Discussion
• Snapshot
• Test Cases
• Payload Implementation

The proposal Payload was reviewed by Bored Ghosts Developing.

Disclaimer

Llama is a service provider to the Aave DAO and does not receive anything outside of this agreement for the publication of this proposal.

Copyright

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