Aave (AAVE)
Aave is a decentralised finance protocol that lets users lend, borrow, and manage crypto liquidity without relying on a traditional bank or centralised intermediary. It operates as a set of smart contracts deployed across major blockchain networks, enabling users to supply supported digital assets to liquidity pools and earn variable interest from borrowing demand.
Borrowers use Aave by depositing collateral and drawing loans against it, with loan-to-value limits and liquidation rules managed automatically by the protocol. This overcollateralised model is common in DeFi because it reduces counterparty risk while allowing crypto holders to access liquidity without selling their assets. Aave is also known for introducing features such as flash loans, which allow uncollateralised borrowing within a single blockchain transaction when repayment is completed immediately.
The AAVE token is central to the protocol’s governance system. Token holders can propose and vote on changes to parameters such as asset listings, risk settings, incentives, and upgrades. AAVE may also be used within the protocol’s safety and staking mechanisms, depending on the version and network deployment.
Aave has become one of the most recognised money market platforms in DeFi, competing with other on-chain lending protocols and forming part of a wider ecosystem of wallets, aggregators, decentralised exchanges, and institutional DeFi infrastructure. Its importance comes from combining open access to credit markets with transparent, automated risk management on public blockchains.
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- Market Cap
- $1B
- Fully Diluted Valuation
- $1.1B
- 24 Hour Trading Vol
- $188M
- Circulating Supply
- 15.2M
- Total Supply
- 16M
- Max Supply
- 16M
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- Market Cap
- $1,049,892,104
- Fully Diluted Valuation
- $1,106,612,068
- 24 Hour Trading Vol
- $188,006,153
- 24h High
- $73.06
- 24h Low
- $68.94
- 24h Change
- -5.28%
- 7d Change
- -14.68%
- 30d Change
- -26.61%
- 1y Change
- -73.75%
- Market Cap Rank
- #64
- Market Cap Rank (rehypothecated)
- #84
- Circulating Supply
- 15,179,912
- Total Supply
- 16,000,000
- Max Supply
- 16,000,000
- All-time high
- $661.69 (-89.51%) · May 18, 2021, 5:19 PM
- All-time low
- $26.02 (+166.67%) · Nov 5, 2020, 4:20 AM
- Website app.aave.com
- Block explorer ftmscan.com/token/0x6a07a792ab2965c72a5b8088d3a069a7ac3a993b
- Block explorer bscscan.com/token/0xfb6115445bff7b52feb98650c87f44907e58f802
- X / Twitter twitter.com/aave
- Facebook AaveCom