AAVE LIQUIDITY PROTOCOL

Earn interest, borrow assets, and build applications

$ 7,483,633,667.28

of liquidity is locked in Aave across 5 networks and over 11 markets.
Borrow against your collateral from across multiple networks and assets

Aave Markets

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Ethereum

Aave was first deployed on the Ethereum network in January 2020. Ethereum is the largest market on the Aave protocol by liquidity and has the most listed assets.

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Polygon

Faster transactions and lower fees make interacting with Aave on Polygon perfect for high volume transactions. Earn rewards in polygon for supply liquidity and borrowing.

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Avalanche

Fast and cheaper transactions. Earn rewards in AVAX for borrowing or supplying liquidity.

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Arbitrum

Ethereums security with speed. Arbitrum is a L2 rollup deployed on Aave for secure, fast transactions.

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Optimism

Optimism is an EVM equivalent Optimistic Rollup chain. It's designed to be fast, simple, and secure.

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Metis

Metis is an EVM-compatible Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution that uses optimistic rollup technology.

And more to come...

Submit a proposal to deploy a new market in the Aave ecosystem. You can learn from the Aave governance.Learn more

Governed by the community

Aave is a fully decentralized, community governed protocol with 155,941 token holders.Governance Forum

How it Works

1

Submit Aave Request for comment(ARC)

Discuss with community members and receive feedback.

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2

Create a snapshot

Gauge community sentiment on a new proposal through a Snapshot.

How to create Snapshot

3

Submit an Aave Request for Improvement(AIP)

The proposal is submitted through a GitHub pull request, and the community votes on approvals

Aave Grants DAO

Aave Grants DAO is a community-led grants program to fund ideas submitted by the Aave protocol’s community, with a focus on empowering a wider network of community developers.

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Your assets, secured

Audited by the world’s leading security firms, security of the Aave Protocol is the highest priority.

Aave Community Treasury

$ 99,166,377

AAVE

USDC

DAI

USDT

76.1%

7.2%

7.1%

5.2%

The Aave treasury is composed of the ecosystem reserve (AAVE tokens) and treasury collectors which earn fees from:

  • Reserve factor: percentage of protocol interest paid by borrowers
  • Instant liquidity fees: percentage of fees from instant liquidity transactions (V3 only)
  • Liquidation fees: percentage of collateral liquidation bonus (V3 only, not yet active)
  • Portal fees: paid by bridging protocols to re-back assets (V3 only, not yet active)

39.8%

39.9%

14.9%

4.4%

ETH Mainnet

Polygon

Avalanche

Optimism

Ecosystem Reserve

$ 75,479,580

Treasury Collectors

$ 23,686,796

Aave Safety Module

The Aave protocol is secured with a safe backstop for protocol insolvency. The protocol is currently secured with $ 299,542,097 worth of Aave tokens.Learn more

Bug Bounty

We want the Aave protocol to be the best it can be, so we’re calling on our community to help us find any bugs or vulnerabilities. Submit a bug here.Learn more