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31 source posts analyzedΒ· 2026-05-20T12:25:55+00:00Itβs been a little less than a month since my official start at @aave . A few quick observations: 1. DeFi is the use case for blockchains and is much more welcomed among institutions and fintechs than I even expected. 2. QC backed lending will provide the next growth spurt for
Β· 2026-05-20T18:28:40+00:00The launch of @tydrohq on @inkonchain shows how Aaveβs infrastructure enables deployments that can quickly scale to hundreds of millions in deposits. We published a case study on Tydro's post-launch growth and Aave's role in @krakenfx 's DeFi Earn product.
Β· 2026-05-20T18:07:51+00:00Chainlink SVR, the most-widely adopted oracle MEV recapture solution, just got a major upgrade on Ethereum. SVR now supports multiple orderflow auctions in parallel, including @titanbuilderxyz , increasing searcher competition & maximizing revenue for DeFi protocols like @aave .
Β· 2026-05-20T13:02:43+00:00Whatβs next for DeFi lending. Aave will win.
Β· 2026-05-20T23:16:43+00:00Proposal to deploy Aave on Monad.
Β· 2026-05-20T09:08:30+00:00What if you didnβt have to give up your capital to donate it? @aave governance has a temp-check live for a principal-preserving charitable giving layer. Deposit assets, earn yield, direct that yield to humanitarian causesβ¦ all while keeping full liquidity on the underlying
Β· 2026-05-20T19:29:49+00:00Kraken Ink has been one of the most successful Aave deployments, structured as a white-label lending market with full ownership that provides onchain DeFi infrastructure for a centralized exchange. Eventually, all exchanges will transition their backends to onchain-first
Β· 2026-05-20T21:57:35+00:00Current leaders in DeFi: β’ Aave β ~$11.46B β’ Morpho β ~$4.05B β’ Maple β ~$1.71B β’ Spark β ~$1.68B Then you got Solana boys: β’ Kamino β’ Jupiter Basically: β’ Morpho β optimized permissionless efficiency β’ Maple β institutional credit β’ Spark β stablecoin
Β· 2026-05-20T16:36:39+00:00Active loans on @aave V4 have grown every week since launch. Even under security-first supply/borrow caps, V4's unique market structure is quickly attracting users.
Β· 2026-05-20T23:54:40+00:00128,354,994 $USDC (128,377,713 USD) transferred from #Aave to Unknown Whale 1 whale-alert.io/tx/ethereum/0x β¦
Β· 2026-05-20T16:48:03+00:00Are you based in SEA or AUS? Interested in working with one of the best dev ops teams Iβve had the privilege of working with? And solving for scale? You should check out this role we have going @aave for a Senior Dev ops engineer.
Β· 2026-05-20T18:28:40+00:00Then in January 2026, Kraken launched Kraken DeFi Earn, a USDC yield product that has Aave-powered yield under the hood. Users select a vault inside the Kraken app and earn yield without touching a wallet or bridge. Deposits for DeFi Earn have already passed $200 million.
Β· 2026-05-20T02:04:28+00:00Aave V4 is becoming a real credit market. Deposits crossed ~$63M, up 50% since the start of May. But the more important signal is the asset mix: nearly 70% is ETH/BTC-correlated collateral, while stablecoins make up another 27%. This is not just idle liquidity moving into a new
Β· 2026-05-20T18:16:45+00:00Glad to assist Chainlink with improvements to inclusion reliability and latency for SVR! More value returned to Aave users during times of market volatility. Better UX for DeFi users on Ethereum.
Β· 2026-05-20T08:30:25+00:00Here's everything I am doing in DeFi. β’ Yield farming β USDe/USDm loop on Aave (MegaETH) - 17% APY + 5x Ethena points β reUSD/GHO loop on Fluid - 22.6% APY β PT-USDat on Pendle - 8.7% fixed APY β PRIME/USDS Kamino loop - 12% APY β JUICED/USDC Jupiter loop - 11% APY β
Β· 2026-05-20T00:33:55+00:00128,340,415 $USDC (128,307,817 USD) transferred from Unknown Whale 1 to #Aave whale-alert.io/tx/ethereum/0x β¦
Β· 2026-05-20T11:10:47+00:00Only 14 lending protocols have generated more than $1M in revenue over the last 365 days @aave - $137.8M @sparkdotfi - $102.7M @maplefinance - $13.6M @0xfluid - $12.5M @VenusProtocol - $11.6M @eulerfinance - $9.2M Cash - $7.7M @Compound_xyz - $4.8M @SiloFinance - $2.8M
Β· 2026-05-20T00:40:02+00:00Things are heating up around the third default on @Aave v4: Aave V4 went live, $frxUSD was integrated as a day one base asset, and already hit 100% supply cap utilization. @LlamaRisk is now recommending a 4.5M β 10M cap increase plus larger crossβhub credit lines.
Β· 2026-05-20T13:24:10+00:00Excited for the future and for Aave bringing back substance into the business expansion of DeFi.
Β· 2026-05-20T20:20:36+00:00Chainlink SVR so far has recaptured $17M+ on Aave, which went: β’ $11M back to Aave β’ $6M to Chainlink ...and that's before today's major upgrade which will result in: β’ Higher recapture rates β’ Reduced inclusion delay β’ Improved system resilience Just use
Β· 2026-05-20T17:59:38+00:00Aave is moving from a lending protocol to a full-stack financial platform. The protocol has a structural problem at scale. USDC borrowers in Prime pay 3.7% while Core USDC borrowers pay 3.4%. The two instances are completely isolated. Prime has roughly $532M in market size and
Β· 2026-05-20T06:27:16+00:00In the May 2026 community discussion, everyone generally acknowledged that TermMax's safety score reached 93%, close to Aave V3, indicating that its investments in audits, monitoring, and white-hat bounties have truly been implemented effectively @TermMax
Β· 2026-05-20T09:01:09+00:00morpho vaults through wintermute just went live, syrupUSDT lending on ink launched today PT-sUSDat doing 12.4% apy, orderly's omnivault hit 32.5% on the 30day jup lend saw $1B flow into ethena markets in a week. liquity v2 borrowing at 0.8-1% beats aave's 5% if you need
Β· 2026-05-20T20:05:41.594967+00:00Drift Protocol triggers frustrated response with Insurance Fund withdrawal update Drift Protocol has announced that its Insurance Fund depositors will be able to pull their stakes once the protocol restarts. However, the update drew a frustrated response from a user base t
Β· 2026-05-20T22:36:29+00:00Did you know that there have been 16 liquidations in Aave V4 since it went live 52 days ago? just one of the things you can keep an eye on at defiexplore.com/aavev4/
Β· 2026-05-20T01:56:39+00:00A Whale Spends $1 Million to Buy 11,206 AAVE Tokens and Deposits Them into Aave V3 According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale spent 1 million USDT to buy 11,206 AAVE tokens at an average price of $89.24, and deposited them into Aave V3. This whale also holds 5,007 ETH, worth
Β· 2026-05-20T07:48:12+00:00sGHO Saving Rate now reached a new ATH of 10.32% sGHO is the yield-bearing version of the $GHO stablecoin on @aave A 10.32% yield is very attractive compared to β β Sky Savings Rate (sUSDS) at around 3.75%. β‘ Banks (4β5% HYSA) or CeFi like Nexo/Bybit (3β8%), both carry
Β· 2026-05-20T05:00:37+00:001/8: @aave is one of the major names in DeFi, but many people only recognise it as a lending platform. The protocol helped turn borrowing and lending into something that could happen automatically through smart contracts. Letβs understand it #LearnKaroCryptoKaro
Β· 2026-05-20T07:12:40+00:00This is May what are you Holding to become a billionaire: 1. $DROVER 2. $ETH 3. #HYDRACHAIM 4. $CKOM 5. $SUI 6. $NEAR 7. $LINK 8. $SFUND 9. $AAVE 10. $MEE 11. $RENDER 12. $SUPER 13. $RUNE 14. $GALA 15. $AKT 16. $TAO 17. $KAS 18. $BTC 19. $CGPT 20. $SOL Which one did I
Β· 2026-05-20T17:54:27.591000+00:00USDC Flexible Earn 12% AAVE Hello, today I saw on the crypto.com app they are giving 12% p.y. on USDC using AAVE, but on AAVE I saw they are giving 5-6%, how is that possible? Anyone else have their USDC staked? Thanks
Β· 2026-05-20T09:28:49+00:00CEX Net Inflows in the past 24 hours: #SAND : $1,229,290 #WLD : $1,020,705 #COMP : $417,536 #IMX : $211,792 #AAVE : $198,640 #C98 : $187,701 #STORJ : $186,146 #CHZ : $184,793 #AUCTION : $100,456 #INJ : $93,966