Aave
Top DeFi lending protocol. Originally ETHLend.
DeFi risk management service LlamaRisk recommended that Aave wind down every reserve on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, but action against most of those instances was already taken.
A governance proposal would shut deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, and retire 50 asset markets elsewhere. Deposits on some have fallen more than 90%.
Aave proposed deprecating 75 reserves and six deployments, affecting $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in debt.
The deployment marks Aave V4’s first expansion beyond Ethereum and introduces lending infrastructure designed to support future markets for tokenized real-world assets.
Aave Labs founder Stani Kulechov on V4's Avalanche debut, disrupting prime brokers, and why RWAs will double to $100 billion by December.
Galaxy will act as the sole intermediary between the accredited borrowers and the blockchain-based lending protocols.
Aave's new Stable Vaults product lets wallets, exchanges and payment apps offer yields on stablecoin deposits
Stable Vaults will continuously “optimize capital allocation” across DeFi yield strategies, like Aave V3 and V4 markets.
Aave's V4 deployment also crossed $250 million in deposits on Saturday, a new all-time high for that version of the protocol.
Aave launched its V3 lending protocol on Monad with 12 supported assets as the network commits $15 million in first-year incentives to build liquidity and adoption.
The lending protocol added 1,806 new wallets in a single day, the most since October 2021, according to Santiment. The AAVE token has risen about 20% in a week even as the broader market slides.
Tokenized stock trading fueled fresh momentum across the Solana ecosystem, while Aave founder hinted at token buybacks coming under new framework.
Solana (SOL) gained 4.5%, joining Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.
Bitcoin sinks to a fresh 2026 low as the selloff drags on. Kraken makes a major move into DeFi. And BlackBerry is staging a comeback.
The Aave Will Win proposal redirected 100% of protocol and Aave-branded product revenue to the DAO and AAVE token holders.
The DeFi lender is rebuilding after the fallout from April's KelpDAO exploit sparked a multibillion-dollar exodus of deposits despite Aave itself not being hacked.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 5.8% from Wednesday, joined Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.
Bitcoin to $500K, Ethereum to $40K, and Aave to $3,500 by the end of 2030? Standard Chartered just laid out some bullish price targets.
Standard Chartered says Aave could reach $3,500 by end of 2030, a 50x gain based on a DeFi asset growth forecast and post-KelpDAO recovery.
Internet Computer (ICP), up 2% from Tuesday, joined Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.
Geoff Kendrick said Aave has moved past April's cyberattack-related market disruption and is well positioned to benefit from growth in tokenized assets and DeFi.
Standard Chartered said tokenized assets moving into DeFi could drive deposits into Aave and help the protocol rebuild its position as a dominant onchain lending platform.
Holders will now be able to deposit mGLOBAL tokens on Aave Horizon to borrow USDC while retaining full exposure to the underlying strategy.
Aave handled $8.45 billion in withdrawals without freezing funds, but the episode raised fresh questions about hidden risks in DeFi lending.
Grayscale and CoinShares are applying traditional valuation techniques to crypto assets as institutions explore revenue-generating DeFi protocols.
Aave founder Stani Kulechov said once the proposal passes the framework will be applied across all markets and assets.
Uniswap (UNI), down 2.9% from Monday, joined Aave (AAVE) as an underperformer.
The founder of the largest DeFi platform blamed "third-party” entities for decentralized finance’s vulnerabilities, while independent data highlights severe gaps in Aave’s own risk architecture.
Aave (AAVE), down 3.9% from Monday, was also an underperformer.
An official postmortem traced the exploit to a LayerZero bridge verification failure and outlined a sweeping overhaul of Aave's asset-listing standards as DeFi risks shift beyond smart contract bugs.