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95 source posts analyzed· 2026-02-25T08:11:06+00:00As the Snapshot for the $51M "Aave Will Win" ask drops tomorrow, take a look at our Audit of Aave Labs' performance and their ~$86M in funding they've received to date. This deserves the community's full attention before any major decisions. Read the full post here:
· 2026-02-25T17:26:48+00:00Aave crossed $1 trillion all-time loans. A first in DeFi history.
· 2026-02-25T08:13:58+00:00As the Aave DAO is about to vote on the largest funding proposal in its history involving a controversial contributor, Aave Labs, we published a full audit of their (lack of) performance. It's a very long read, but I invite everyone to dive in and form their own opinion based on
· 2026-02-25T17:14:00+00:00If you're wondering what the $AAVE drama is. Here's the summary: (DAOs are cooked, they've always been)
· 2026-02-25T02:14:53+00:00We’ve published an overview of Aave Labs’ work over nearly a decade of contributing to Aave. While much has been achieved, the most important work still lies ahead: bringing DeFi to everyone.
· 2026-02-25T14:11:23+00:00Morpho is now worth more than Aave (in FDV)
· 2026-02-25T17:12:32+00:00Excited about the Aave App. - Easy way to track your earnings - Predict the future earnings with future mode - Link your bank account - Set recurring deposits directly from bank - Full control of assets DeFi for everyone.
· 2026-02-25T15:52:51+00:00Insane Under two weeks $550M+ in supply & borrows on @aave Mantle is moving can say MoMNTum is inevitable Congrats 1B coming LFG
· 2026-02-25T04:37:54+00:00Aave Labs just published a long report outlining everything they has done since 2017, right as the “Aave Will Win” proposal is heading toward a vote. Here’s what they emphasized: – Raised $16.2M via the ETHLend ICO (2017). – Pivoted from P2P lending to pooled liquidity
· 2026-02-25T10:38:50+00:00The Aave Labs takeover debate continues. TLDR of Aave Labs' track record based on the article: - $86M received in cash from ICO, VC rounds, DAO payments, and unapproved swap fees - 23% of the original token supply - 0 major BD wins - 6 unprofitable products - governance
· 2026-02-25T14:54:34+00:00➥ @Aavechan founder just published another detailed breakdown of the current @aave situation I’ve read both sides carefully. What concerns me isn’t who built V1 or V3.0, it’s what happens next. Key points raised: – Aave Labs received ~$86M historically and is now asking for
· 2026-02-25T06:38:34+00:0092% of PT-sUSDe 7MAY2026 is sitting in Aave People love looking at APY But if you want to know what the market is actually using, look at where the collateral lives ↷ ▸ Total PT-sUSDe 7MAY2026 supply: ~345.9M ▸ Custodied by Aave: ~319.8M → ~92% of supply sits in the
· 2026-02-25T19:36:41+00:00How do you dress for the AAVE fork?
· 2026-02-25T11:57:00+00:00Aave governance dispute intensifies as ACI founder publishes 'audit' of Aave Labs ahead of $51M funding vote
· 2026-02-25T16:49:41+00:00It would appear that @Ripple is withdrawing funds from @aave Horizon. $12m+ in withdrawals have been processed so far...likely related to the drama surrounding BGD leaving the project.
· 2026-02-25T17:38:17+00:00We’ve crossed $1 trillion in lending volume, a historic milestone for Aave and DeFi as a whole. A decade ago, DeFi and Aave didn’t exist. They were just ideas. Today, Aave stands as the backbone of onchain lending, powering a new financial system that is open, global, and
· 2026-02-25T06:53:09+00:00➥ @Mantle_Official hit $591.28M market size on @Aave in less than 14 days After nearly two weeks of running the campaign on Aave, Mantle is already reaching meaningful milestones. A quick look at Mantle Market right now: – Total market size: $591.28M – Total available
· 2026-02-25T02:22:43+00:00Aave Labs is one of the few teams around today that’s been building since the ICO era. Despite all the work done so far, we still have lots more to do if we want @aave to operate in the arena of global finance. Alongside the other service providers, we’ll make sure Aave wins.
· 2026-02-25T08:01:44+00:00Uncertainty at Aave, Momentum at Morpho! Lately, when reading about @Morpho ’s price performing well, it’s not enough to just look at the pretty chart. I think part of it may also be connected to the current discussions happening on the Aave side. Let’s also think about it from
· 2026-02-25T11:14:00+00:00The most recognized names in global finance are issuing stablecoins, and now their yields are finally made tradeable. Introducing: Aave aRLUSD (28 May 2026) by @Ripple Aave aPYUSD (28 May 2026) by @PayPal Fixed yield on institutional stablecoins, enabled by Pendle
· 2026-02-25T10:55:34+00:00Shorted $AAVE based on this, the reasoning is simply that FUD should be detrimental to token performance in the short-term, but I'll close the position if there are signs of strength AAVE is not a coin that I particularly like to short because it's one of the few coins that is
· 2026-02-25T09:10:19+00:00➥ $AAVE, $UNI, and $SKY as 3 pillars of DeFi: RISK - LIQUIDITY - SCALE ➊ @aave | $AAVE = RISK engine I see Aave as the credit layer of DeFi - Over-collateralized lending - Liquidation + oracle risk management - Flash loans - $GHO expansion - V4 capital efficiency upgrades
· 2026-02-25T20:08:07+00:00If this is a true reversal, I think you probably go with memes. Memes led the way on Jan 1st and also the last true market wide reversal back in March/April 2025. Other trade ideas would be more institutional coins related to stablecoins. UNI, AAVE (maybe not rn), XPL, ETH.
· 2026-02-25T10:49:52+00:00Morpho/Aave pair since the "Aave Will Win" proposal. The market doesn't really seem to think that Aave will win for now...
· 2026-02-25T18:01:09+00:00BREAKING! @AAVE HAS SURPASSED OVER $1 TRILLION IN DEFI LOANS. And to think we are still at the early stages of what’s to come.
· 2026-02-25T19:43:26+00:00New edition of the Rekt Capital Newsletter is live I share an Altcoin Market Update Features analysis on the following Altcoins: $ETH $AAVE $LINK $VIRTUAL $XMR $NPC Sign up to read it here: newsletter.rektcapital.co/altcoin-market … #BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin
· 2026-02-25T21:30:46+00:00aave has two competing etf filings from bitwise and grayscale. when issuers race for the same token they've already surveyed client demand. $2.2b market cap means a $300m etf inflow absorbs 10%+ of circulating supply. chainlink's glnk saw net inflows during 5 weeks of btc
· 2026-02-25T12:03:46+00:00. @aave is on the path to another 1 Billy market If you want cheap debt, @Mantle_Official is looking for borrowers Aave is making Mantle’s key metrics shine.
· 2026-02-25T15:22:03+00:00aave is really doing a "ok we won defi, how can we fuck it all up as fast as possible?"
· 2026-02-25T22:07:56+00:00LINKWIRE > @aave crosses $1 trillion in all-time loans
· 2026-02-25T14:22:44+00:00Aave’s internal fight just escalated ACI founder @Marczeller has published a sweeping audit of Aave Labs ahead of a $51M funding vote. He questions: $86M in cumulative capitalization Horizon’s economics Governance voting power concentration ~$5.5M in swap-fee
· 2026-02-25T14:19:23+00:00while everyone else is trying to guess the right insider on the @zachxbt market this trader decided to go full degen mode and just bet on pure luck he picked up all the lowest probability options: greyscale: $100 → $27,000 binance: $100 → $2,000 base: $100 → $32,000 aave:
· 2026-02-25T17:22:38+00:00I think people are leftcurving this chart. Morpho & Aave have completely different moats and risk profiles. @Morpho directs value to curators, not token holders @aave directs value to $AAVE & the DAO In 2026, vaults, tokenization and institutional rails have grown the most. >
· 2026-02-25T18:56:32+00:00Aave’s governance civil war just got louder. Community steward @Marczeller has published a scathing rebuke of Aave Labs ahead of the DAO's monumental “Aave Will Win” vote, which seeks to route more than $50M in funding to the centralized Aave Labs team.
· 2026-02-25T11:55:38+00:00aave votes tomorrow on $51m to labs but the real issue is bgd labs exiting april 1st. they built v3, handle emergency upgrades, maintain governance infra. $50b tvl with no public succession plan. morpho handled $238m liquidations with zero bad debt this month. infrastructure
· 2026-02-25T14:51:48+00:00We might be about to witness the downfall of the biggest DeFi protocol I really hope that Aave Labs come to their senses and realise that whatever they had in mind is not working This governance vote will determine everything, but from what I'm seeing, it's already too late
· 2026-02-25T13:16:52+00:00ARC-314 Status Update: The Sovereign Revolution The old "Fiat-DeFi" world is in a death spiral. While #Aave bleeds $25.8B in TVL due to centralization wars, #PiNetwork is building an unshakeable fortress. Node Infrastructure (v19.6 -> v19.9): The Feb 15 deadline was a
· 2026-02-25T10:42:04+00:00> detailed tldr of the aave labs accountability post > aave labs > founded 2017 > raised $16.2m from ico > kept 23% of the token supply > raised $32.5m more from vcs > then started asking the dao for money on top of that > total received: $86 million > no accountability report
· 2026-02-25T07:50:01+00:00Fixed yield is one of DeFi's most powerful, underrated primitives, especially when paired with the leverage capability granted by money market integrations like @Aave The blocker is in the UX. Looping is manual, tedious, and actively hostile to anyone without the patience to
· 2026-02-25T23:20:28+00:00Today was a great crypto day Prices UP (most important) Jane Street $ARC insiders getting fcked Lighter wicking to 47k AAVE fud more of this please
· 2026-02-25T07:49:05+00:00近期加密市场的情绪波动让不少人意识到：在这个高波动环境下，确定性才是最稀缺的奢侈品。 回望 DeFi 的进化史，早期协议几乎全员痴迷于“资金利用率”的单维竞赛。那是属于 Aave 和 Compound
· 2026-02-25T17:48:41+00:00BREAKING: @aave surpasses $1,000,000,000,000 in all-time loans First protocol in DeFi history to reach the trillion milestone.
· 2026-02-25T17:07:19+00:00The @aave is really a shame. The most important and dominant lending layer is currently torn apart Aave labs shenanigans and ACI and co. The protocol has all the cards to be the critical lending layer of DeFi. It really seems that Aave labs is making a dent in this because of
· 2026-02-25T17:40:29+00:00The future of finance is here @aave
· 2026-02-25T17:47:24+00:00DAOs are hard. I know, I've spent years in @GMX_IO and @Arbitrum governance. What's happening at Aave publicly right now is actually a sign of something rare: genuinely independent nodes of power and productivity that can challenge the founding entity. The conflict exists
· 2026-02-25T18:32:16+00:00The Daily: Aave governance dispute intensifies, South Korea proposes mandatory crypto influencer disclosures and more
· 2026-02-25T20:29:09+00:00Congrats to the @aave team on making history today with $1T+ all-time loans. Soon you'll be able to flash loan AAVE liquidity and repay it in the same block on a trading venue built for exactly this kind of composability. That's the world Reya is building toward.
· 2026-02-25T13:59:02+00:00Top Blockchain Projects by Monthly Revenue $HYPE $PUMP $EDGE $MKR $JUP $AAVE $AERO $BNKR $LIT #Flashbots #Grayscale #Phantom #TitanBuilder #Axiom
· 2026-02-25T15:20:47+00:00$MORPHO Next Aave has begun frfr
· 2026-02-25T12:56:00+00:00It’s all there. If you are wondering what Aave lab did and how much value they created, read this. It’s a coup and if this 51M$ pass, then Aave is dead. BGD labs already left. Pretty sure ACI will leave. Hopefully they can build something else. It’s really the end of a long
· 2026-02-25T16:58:00+00:00Survival is the ultimate competitive advantage in DeFi. Aave has been building non-stop for nearly a decade, and "Aave will win" isn’t just a slogan, it’s backed by a titanic volume of work. To understand where they are going, we have to look at the relentless evolution since
· 2026-02-25T20:53:31+00:00One Trillion Dollars in All-Time Loans. DeFi is thriving like never before. Onchain finance is here to stay, and make financial inclusion easier and borderless for everyone! Congrats to the @aave team for this HUGE milestone!
· 2026-02-25T15:02:11+00:00Live for FOMO HOUR talking this face-melting crypto rally, bottom signs galore, CRCL pumping, Meta stables, Aave drama and a lot more Jump in
· 2026-02-25T13:42:32+00:00Super happy to see the @aave deployment on @Mantle_Official perform so well. A big congrats to all those involved! Take a look at the @USDT0_to markets there, which are growing both in size and usage. Higher!
· 2026-02-25T09:17:14+00:00The reality hits hard sometimes. A must read for whoever has never really followed the Aave story.
· 2026-02-25T20:28:03+00:00"Pretty much all DAOs failed. EXCEPT Aave. So this situation is painful to see." @NamikMuduroglu
· 2026-02-25T18:26:36+00:00Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know The current report features updates of Circle, Sentio, Aave, Tether, idOS, Injective, Kalshi, Bitwise, RedotPay, Sui Network, Kraken, and Stripe. $USDC $ST $AAVE $USDT $IDOS $INJ $SUI
· 2026-02-25T08:34:06+00:00New governance shots fired in Aave land
· 2026-02-25T20:40:14+00:00“We built @aave Horizon to meet institutional needs with compliance at its core” - Director of Institutional and DeFi Business, Aave Labs Aave Horizon is the largest institutional RWA market on Ethereum And its built with compliance at its core, powered by Chainlink ACE
· 2026-02-25T20:25:39+00:00BGD Labs is exiting after four years leading Aave v3 engineering. "I was so surprised about that. Who tells a DAO to stop paying them?" @kaiynne
· 2026-02-25T10:30:42+00:00the full audit @Marczeller and ACI wrote up on Aave Labs is incredibly detailed and paints a rough picture - it's a very long read, but the point is made with 9 simple diagrams:
· 2026-02-25T18:43:37+00:00We built @aave Horizon to meet institutional needs with compliance at its core. It's now the largest borrowing/lending market for tokenized securities onchain, and for good reason: institutions trust battle-tested Aave with additional compliance safeguards when interacting with
· 2026-02-25T17:30:42+00:00Ws in the chat
· 2026-02-25T14:00:00+00:00Aave enfrenta voto millonario clave @Aave somete a votación $51M que intensifican el conflicto de gobernanza entre Aave DAO y Aave Labs. Artículo completo:
· 2026-02-25T17:45:16+00:00$AAVE chart is super clean! Huge bull flag here, ready for a pump! I opened a long, my targets are on the chart. #crypto
· 2026-02-25T16:53:35+00:00GN Kings & Queens. Wrapping it up with metaSoilVerse. @metasoilverse 's weekly RWA roundup got me hyped, things are accelerating fr: RWAs smashing $25B on-chain TVL (heading to $400B EOY), HashKey dropping a full-stack issuance platform in HK, Aave hitting $1B in deposits, and
· 2026-02-25T09:16:34+00:00ACI founder @Marczeller has launched serious accusations against Aave Labs on the forum, claiming that they not only perform mediocrely in product development and business expansion, but also extract funds from the DAO by controlling governance power and deliberately devaluing
· 2026-02-25T17:43:38+00:00Historic
· 2026-02-25T20:29:03+00:00Aave may win, but that doesn't mean the game is over. It's actually just getting started. $MORPHO +80% YTD as Total Deposits near another ATH due to increased RWA deposits.
· 2026-02-25T19:19:41+00:00Aave will win <3
· 2026-02-25T19:00:52+00:00. @aave is hiring! Aave is looking for a Partner Solutions Architect to join their talented team and help build the decentralized future. Partner Solutions Architect London, New York Full-Time $125K – $145K Apply now
· 2026-02-25T20:28:58+00:00"The Aave civil war feels tragic." @tayvano_
· 2026-02-25T14:40:42+00:00Mantle x Aave momentum is getting real. Total market size (supply + borrows) just broke $550M+ Only two weeks after hitting the 1-week deposit milestone, Mantle pushed past another major level on Aave. That’s serious capital inflow in a short time. I wonder what the next
· 2026-02-25T12:06:23+00:00$CVX moonshot #eth #defi #crypto #btc #bnb #blackrock #bitcoin #gold #silver #oil #stocks #ethereum #binance $cake $crv $usdt $usdc $base $sol $xrp $aster $hype $uni $aave $yfi $yb $aero
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· 2026-02-25T19:30:06+00:00but i heard crypto was dead? that defi lost? that it was over? what do you mean aave hit $1t in the bear market? this is a violation of my narratives and my drafted thinker piece article about the future of lending markets being undermined by centralized entities? ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
· 2026-02-25T09:00:19+00:00TOP 10 #TVL ON @AVAX $AAVE $CFG $QI #MEVCapital $SPK #Avant #Securitize $BLACK $JOE $PHAR
· 2026-02-25T09:00:46+00:00If you are interested in Aave this is a very good read.
· 2026-02-25T17:20:32+00:00Build in Public Update: Borrow-Side Metrics Are Live (Morpho + AAVE) After speaking with users running looping and capital-efficient strategies, we expanded into borrow-side metrics. The goal is simple: make sure your strategy works not just when yields look good, but when
· 2026-02-25T19:20:46+00:00A historic milestone for DeFi: @Aave surpasses $1,000,000,000,000 in total all-time loan volume. stani.eth @StaniKulechov
· 2026-02-25T16:51:14+00:00be honest. how many tabs do you have open right now for DeFi? because for me it used to be embarrassing. Aave on one tab. Uniswap on another. three different wallets. two bridge UIs. a yield tracker I opened last week and forgot to close. and somehow I was supposed to call that
· 2026-02-25T18:06:03+00:00DeFi degens know the struggle: 10+ tabs open. Wallets scattered across ETH, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, BNB, Optimism, Linea... Jumping between @Uniswap , @aave , @Curve , @MorphoLabs , @PancakeSwap to check yields, swap, lend, bridge. It's chaos. Time sucks. Gas fees multiply. You
· 2026-02-25T13:21:36+00:00Nah bro @StaniKulechov is going to save aave bro you don’t understand bro aave just needs aave labs it doesn’t need bGD or Marc or chaos labs or token logic just believe bro Stanis mansion depends on it.
· 2026-02-25T11:14:06+00:00With PT, fixed yield becomes an option. With YT, a direct speculation tool on borrow demand for these assets on @Aave . Since RLUSD cannot be used as collateral on Aave, Pendle LP becomes the next layer for depositors to earn more yield.
· 2026-02-25T18:17:20+00:00$AAVE continues to deliver
· 2026-02-25T07:04:28+00:00the Aave x RWA angle is the most underrated part of this pod. @aave Horizon is already doing ~$1B in tokenized assets -- that's the proof of concept most people aren't watching closely enough
· 2026-02-25T08:14:53+00:00worth also mentioning the Aave Labs audit we published.
· 2026-02-25T18:19:57+00:00Holy shit, they're actually promoting it in full flow. Thanks @VitalikButerin & EF. Ethereum wins when its mission is resolute. Hopefully - he writes more blogs about Defi, RWA's & fork risk going forward considering AAVE drama is in full effect.
· 2026-02-25T14:50:17+00:00So, Morpho Mogs instead of Just Use Aave?
· 2026-02-25T19:47:23+00:00Nah - this is an encouraging DAO W against whims of founder led tyranny & decentralization at work. Unless Labs compromise, it'll be an even bigger W if ACI, BGD led AAVE fork can materialise. You need that cypherpunk shit.
· 2026-02-25T16:06:31+00:00Aave really is DeFi’s credit engine
· 2026-02-25T22:48:53+00:00Not even in your wildest dreams man @aave Will Win DeFi Will Win.
· 2026-02-25T08:55:07+00:00aave max borrow against pt when
· 2026-02-25T11:33:54+00:00The Maple Finance strategy was always to make products available on the chains with the highest levels of liquidity. @aave on $ETH+ others @kamino on $SOL $BNB being onboarded and many more... Follow liquidity and you find Maple Finance.