{"id":20349,"date":"2025-05-12T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/defi-lender-aave-reaches-40b-in-value-locked-onchain\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:50:00","slug":"defi-lender-aave-reaches-40b-in-value-locked-onchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/defi-lender-aave-reaches-40b-in-value-locked-onchain\/","title":{"rendered":"DeFi lender Aave reaches $40B in value locked onchain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has reached a new record of funds\u00a0onchain, according to data from DefiLlama.<\/p>\n

In an X post<\/a>, Aave said it topped $40.3 billion in total value locked (TVL) on May 12. Onchain data reveals<\/a> that Aave v3, the latest version of the protocol, has approximately $40 billion in TVL. <\/p>\n

Aave is a DeFi lending protocol that lets users borrow cryptocurrency by depositing other types of cryptocurrency as collateral. Meanwhile, lenders earn yield from borrowers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWith these milestones, Aave is proving its dominance in the Lending Space,\u201d DeFi analyst Jonaso said in a May 12 X post<\/a>. TVL represents the total value of cryptocurrency deposited into a protocol\u2019s smart contracts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aave v3\u2019s TVL over time. Source: <\/em>DeFiLlama<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Related: AAVE soars 13% as buyback proposal passes among tokenholders<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Breaking all-time highs<\/h2>\n

In December, Aave achieved an all-time high TVL largely because the price of Ether (ETH<\/a>) rose roughly 60% from the prior month. Ether and its staking derivatives make up nearly half of Aave\u2019s TVL, according to data<\/a> from DefiLlama.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This time around, Aave\u2019s all-time high TVL is also driven by inflows of deposits by users.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Ether-denominated terms, Aave\u2019s TVL rose from around 6 million ETH at the start of 2025 to nearly 10 million ETH on May 12. Measuring TVL in ETH accounts for the impact of fluctuating cryptocurrency prices. <\/p>\n

Aave says its net deposits broke $40 billion this week. Source: <\/em>Aave<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Before US President Donald Trump prevailed in the November election, Ether traded at less than $2,500. It peaked at almost $4,000 the following month, according to data from Google Finance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the past month, Ether has also clocked substantial gains, rising from around $1,500 per Ether 30 days ago to roughly $2,500 as of May 12, according to data from Google Finance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The price of Aave\u2019s native AAVE (AAVE<\/a>) token has risen approximately 25% in the past seven days, reflecting a buoyant crypto market and ongoing TVL inflows, according to data<\/a> from CoinMarketCap.<\/p>\n

Magazine:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Adam Back says Bitcoin price cycle \u201910x bigger\u2019 but will still decisively break above $100K<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Aave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has reached a new record of funds\u00a0onchain, according to data from DefiLlama. In an X post, Aave said it topped $40.3 billion in total value locked (TVL) on May 12. Onchain data reveals that Aave v3, the latest version of the protocol, has approximately $40 billion in TVL. Aave […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}