aave

1) Executive summary
$AAVE is DeFi's dominant lending project, operating decentralized markets where users supply assets to earn yield and borrowers access overcollateralized loans. The project manages risk parameters directly through governance, offering a battle-tested approach to decentralized lending with over five years of operational history. Since launching in 2020, Aave has iterated toward greater capital efficiency, risk segmentation, and multichain expansion across three major versions, with V4 expected later in 2026.
January marked a strong start to 2026 across Aave's core lending metrics. TVL, active loans, fees, and revenue all grew month over month, with TVL and active loans also posting substantial year-over-year gains. Market share expanded as Aave continued to outpace the broader lending sector's growth. However, monthly active users declined both month over month and year over year, continuing a trend of consolidation following elevated activity in late 2025.
The chain distribution remained concentrated on #Ethereum , which accounted for over 80% of TVL, active loans, fees, and revenue. However, user activity continued to skew toward Aave's multichain deployments.
🔑 Key metrics (January 2026)
Total value locked: $57.33b (+5.18% MoM, +59.71% YoY)Active loans: $23.25b (+7.27% MoM, +58.12% YoY)Fees: $75.13m (+14.95% MoM, -4.81% YoY)Revenue: $9.96m (+14.47% MoM, -34.27% YoY)Monthly active users: 114.60k (-5.83% MoM, -15.80% YoY)Market share: 62.82% (+0.61 pp MoM, +1.73 pp YoY)
👥 Aave team commentary:
"January reinforced Aave's position as foundational infrastructure for onchain lending. Total loans originated since launch approached $1 trillion, ETH deposits on the Ethereum Core market reached an all-time high, and Aave's share of #defi TVL has grown from approximately 8% to 28% over the past two years.
Distribution expanded meaningfully through integrations with Kraken DeFi Earn, Jumper Exchange, and Balance. These partnerships extend Aave's reach into CeFi, custody, and aggregation layers without fragmenting liquidity. Stablecoin adoption continued to drive growth, with PYUSD crossing $400m in deposits and over $15b in stablecoin supply now flowing through the protocol.
The Horizon market for RWA-backed lending reached new milestones, with deposits approaching $600m and borrows crossing $200m. On the engineering side, the Aave V4 security contest concluded with 918 participating researchers, marking progress toward the V4 protocol upgrade expected later in 2026.
Aave's recently published '2025 Year in Review' provides further context: at peak, $AAVE held $75b in deposits, enough to rank among the top 50 U.S. banks by assets held. The protocol also processed over $1.1b in liquidations across 100,000+ events without a single issue, while GHO supply grew to nearly $500m."
2) Total value locked
Total value locked (TVL) measures the total USD value of collateral deposited into Aave and outstanding loans. January TVL averaged $57.33b, up 5.18% from December's $54.51b and up 59.71% from January 2025's $35.90b. Ethereum accounted for 81.77% of deposits, with Plasma (8.19%), Arbitrum One (3.52%), and Base (2.59%) comprising the largest non-Ethereum deployments.

3) Active loans
Active loans measures the total USD value of outstanding borrows across all Aave lending markets. January active loans averaged $23.25b, up 7.27% from December's $21.67b and up 58.12% from January 2025's $14.70b. The chain distribution closely mirrored TVL, with Ethereum at 81.90% and Plasma at 8.75%.

4) Fees
Fees measure the total USD value of fees paid by users across all of Aave's lending markets. This metric aggregates fees from six primary sources: lending interest from V2 and V3 markets, flash loan fees, liquidation fees, GHO borrowing interest, and GHO stability module fees. January fees totaled $75.13m, up 14.95% from December's $65.36m but down 4.81% from January 2025's $78.93m. Trailing twelve-month fees reached $943.71m. Ethereum generated 79.63% of fees, a smaller share than its 81.77% of TVL, with Plasma (9.65%) and Base (3.26%) contributing disproportionately to fee generation relative to their deposit bases.

5) Revenue
Revenue measures the total USD value of fees retained by the Aave DAO. January revenue totaled $9.96m, up 14.47% from December's $8.70m but down 34.27% from January 2025's $15.15m. Trailing twelve-month revenue reached $138.30m. Ethereum accounted for 84.31% of revenue, a higher share than its 79.63% of fees, reflecting stronger revenue retention on mainnet relative to other deployments.

6) Monthly active users
Monthly active users (MAU) measures the number of unique wallet addresses that have interacted with #AAVE over a rolling 30-day period. January MAU totaled 114.60k, down 5.83% from December's 121.70k and down 15.80% from January 2025's 136.10k. Unlike TVL and fees, user activity skewed heavily toward L2s: Base led at 38.16%, followed by Ethereum (20.40%) and Arbitrum One (16.77%). L2 chains collectively accounted for over 56% of monthly active users.

7) Market share
Market share measures $AAVE share of active loans relative to other lending projects, including Morpho, Maple Finance, Fluid, Spark, Kamino, Compound, Euler, and Venus. Aave averaged 62.82% market share in January, up 0.61 pp from December and up 1.73 pp year over year. With $23.25b in active loans out of a $37.00b total market, Aave held more than the combined total of all other tracked competitors.

8) Definitions
Products:
Aave V1: the original version of Aave, launched in January 2020.Aave V2: the second major version, launched in December 2020, introducing features like flash loans and credit delegation.Aave V3: the current major version, launched in March 2022, enabling multichain expansion and improved capital efficiency.Aave V4: the upcoming version, expected in 2026, promising a unified Liquidity Hub with modular risk controls.GHO: a decentralized stablecoin native to Aave, launched in 2023, where borrowers mint GHO using their Aave collateral.Horizon: Aave's market for RWA-backed lending, enabling credit against tokenized real-world assets.
Metrics:
Total value locked: measures the total USD value of collateral deposited into Aave and outstanding loans.Active loans: measures the total USD value of outstanding borrows across all Aave lending markets.Fees: measures the total USD value of fees paid by users across all of Aave's lending markets. This metric aggregates fees from six primary sources: lending interest from V2 and V3 markets, flash loan fees, liquidation protocol fees, GHO borrowing interest, and GHO stability module fees.Revenue: measures the total USD value of fees retained by the Aave DAO.Monthly active users: measures the number of unique wallet addresses that have interacted with Aave over a rolling 30-day period.Market share: measures Aave's share of active loans relative to other lending projects.
This article is my personal research and opinion, so if you have to perform any action do your own research also.
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#Plasma $XPL Voici un article dédié à la synergie entre le protocole Aave et l'infrastructure Plasma XPL, un duo qui redéfinit les standards de la DeFi (finance décentralisée).
L'Effet Aave & Plasma XPL : La Nouvelle Frontière de la DeFi Efficiente
Dans l'univers de la blockchain, l'innovation ne naît pas seulement de nouvelles chaînes, mais surtout de la manière dont les protocoles leaders s'intègrent à des infrastructures de nouvelle génération. Aujourd'hui, l'alliance entre Aave, le géant du prêt décentralisé, et Plasma XPL, la blockchain optimisée pour les stablecoins, crée ce que les experts appellent "l'effet Aave" sur une échelle industrielle.
1. Comprendre "L'Effet Aave" (The Aave Effect)
Aave n'est pas qu'une simple plateforme de prêt ; c'est un catalyseur de liquidité. "L'effet Aave" se produit lorsqu'un réseau intègre le protocole Aave, déclenchant une série de réactions bénéfiques pour l'écosystème :
* Attraction de Capital : La présence d'Aave rassure les investisseurs institutionnels et apporte des millions de dollars de liquidité.
* Composabilité : D'autres applications (gaming, paiement) peuvent se greffer sur Aave pour offrir des services financiers (comme emprunter contre ses actifs de jeu).
* Efficacité du Capital : Les utilisateurs peuvent faire travailler leurs actifs (Yield) tout en gardant une exposition à leurs jetons préférés.
2. Plasma XPL : Le Turbo pour la DeFi
Si Aave est la banque, Plasma XPL est le réseau de fibre optique qui permet à cette banque de fonctionner à la vitesse de la lumière sans frais.
Plasma XPL se distingue par :
* Transactions à "Zéro Frais" : Idéal pour les petits porteurs qui veulent utiliser Aave sans être pénalisés par les frais de gaz d'Ethereum.
* Focus Stablecoin : Plasma est conçu pour maximiser l'utilité de l'USDT et de l'USDC, qui sont les actifs les plus empruntés sur Aave.
* Vitesse Instantanée : Grâce à son architecture, les dépôts et retraits sur les pools Aave se font en moins d'une seconde.
3. La Synergie : Yield Stacking et Récompenses XPL
Le véritable changement de paradigme survient lorsque vous utilisez Aave sur l'instance Plasma. Cette collaboration offre des avantages exclusifs :
Le "Yield Stacking" (Cumul de rendement)
Les utilisateurs qui déposent des actifs sur Aave via Plasma ne gagnent pas seulement les intérêts classiques du prêt. Grâce à l'intégration native, ils reçoivent souvent des récompenses supplémentaires en jetons $XPL . C'est ce qu'on appelle le "liquidity mining" de nouvelle génération.
Accessibilité Totale
"L'effet Aave" sur Plasma permet enfin une DeFi démocratique. Là où une transaction sur Ethereum peut coûter $20, elle est quasi gratuite sur Plasma XPL. Cela permet à n'importe qui, avec seulement $10 ou $50, de commencer à générer des intérêts comme une grande institution.
4. Pourquoi est-ce crucial pour l'avenir ?
L'intégration d'un "Aave V3" sur une infrastructure comme Plasma prouve que la DeFi sort de sa phase expérimentale pour entrer dans sa phase d'utilité réelle.
* Paiements réels : Grâce à Plasma XPL, vous pourriez bientôt payer votre café avec une carte liée à votre collatéral Aave, le tout instantanément.
* Interopérabilité : Plasma sert de pont entre la liquidité massive d'Ethereum (via Aave) et la rapidité requise pour le commerce quotidien.
> En résumé : L'union de la sécurité et du prestige d'Aave avec la performance brute de Plasma XPL crée un écosystème où l'argent est non seulement "intelligent", mais aussi incroyablement rapide et accessible.@Plasma @aave

Aave reported strong January 2026 metrics: $57.33B TVL (+5.18% MoM), $23.25B active loans (+7.27% MoM), and 62.82% market share. However, monthly active users declined to 114.6k (-5.83% MoM), with Ethereum dominating metrics while user activity skews toward L2slikBase.#Aave $BNB