Aave
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Overview
Aave is a decentralised lending protocol, developed by the London-based company Avara, that lets users supply crypto assets to earn yield and borrow against them without an intermediary. Started in 2017 as the peer-to-peer lender ETHLend and relaunched under its current name in 2018, the protocol pioneered variable and stable interest rate markets, flash loans and cross-chain liquidity pools. Governance sits with holders of the AAVE token, and the wider Avara portfolio now also includes the GHO stablecoin, the Lens social protocol and consumer wallet products.
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Why Aave's $98M cleanup signals a shift from 'deploy everywhere' DeFi
Aave to remove 50 low-use reserve assets and exit six blockchains to avoid a KelpDAO-like exploit incident in the future
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Aave Proposal Would Axe $98M of Markets Across 6 Chains
Aave proposal targets 50 low-adoption reserves plus six chain deployments - $98.1M supplied, $15.6M debt - under its new post-KelpDAO risk framework.
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Why Aave proposes quitting 6 blockchains that earn under $5,000 a quarter
A governance proposal would shut deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, and retire 50 asset markets elsewhere. Deposits on some have fallen more than 90%.
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AAVE faces $100 test after Revolut's $6.44M transfer: Can buyers stay in control?
Revolut transferred $6.44 million worth of AAVE from its cold wallets to Coinbase, shifting away from its selling pattern.
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Technologies
Tech DNA
Python
Solidity
TypeScript
Web3
Solidity
Rust
Aave
DeFi
MEV
Smart Contracts
DAO
Ethereum
Other
Python
TypeScript
NumPy
SciPy
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Stack modernity
73/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
Industry adoption
Python
24%
TypeScript
19%
Figma
9%
Rust
6%
DeFi
6%
Smart Contracts
5%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
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Products
Flash Loans
Flash loans let a borrower take an uncollateralised loan that must be repaid inside a single transaction. The mechanism, introduced by Aave, is widely used for arbitrage, refinancing and collateral swaps.
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Lens Protocol
Lens is a decentralised social graph developed by Avara where profiles, follows and posts are owned on chain. Developers build social applications on top of the shared graph.
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Aave App
The Aave app is the official web interface for supplying, borrowing and managing positions in the protocol. It aggregates markets across supported networks in one dashboard.
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GHO
GHO is the decentralised stablecoin issued by the Aave ecosystem and backed by collateral supplied to the protocol. Interest paid on GHO borrowing flows back to the Aave treasury.
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Aave Protocol
The Aave Protocol is a set of open-source smart contracts that operate non-custodial liquidity markets across several blockchains. Suppliers earn interest on deposits while borrowers draw over-collateralised loans at algorithmic rates.
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People
Jordan Lazaro Gustave
Chief Operating Officer
Jordan Lazaro Gustave runs operations at Avara and has been with the project since its ETHLend days. He oversees risk, compliance and day-to-day execution.
Stani Kulechov
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Stani Kulechov founded ETHLend in 2017 while studying law in Helsinki and rebuilt it into Aave. He leads Avara, the company behind the protocol, the GHO stablecoin and the Lens social graph.
Growth
Hiring Momentum
22/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
0
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
124 days
faster than 12% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 days
08/08/2026
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Security
100% ▼
Financials
Total raised
$28M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
2
Investors
3
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Series B | 2020 | $25M |
| Series A | 2020 | $3M |
Key Investors
Standard Crypto
Standard Crypto participated in Aave's institutional financing. The firm focuses on long-horizon crypto protocol investments.
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Blockchain Capital
Blockchain Capital led Aave's larger 2020 round. The San Francisco firm has invested in crypto infrastructure since 2013.
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Framework Ventures
Framework Ventures co-led Aave's 2020 financing and has been an active participant in its governance. The firm specialises in decentralised finance protocols.
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