Bringing financial wellness to everyone.
Our history.
Aave Labs is the original author and contributor to Aave, the #1 DeFi protocol.
Aave was born from a revolutionary vision to transform the lending and borrowing landscape within the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. It made its debut in 2020, emerging from the creative minds that previously developed ETHLend. The goal was to establish a platform that not only streamlined the lending process but also made it more accessible and user-friendly for everyone, regardless of their financial background.
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Latest news and announcements.
Security by Design: Aave V4 Governance Security Update
How Aave V4 achieved zero high-severity findings across 345 days of security review, formal verification, and a 900-participant public contest.
How Aave App Reimagines the DeFi Experience
Can a user tell if a financial app is powered by a blockchain or not? Introducing the Fintech Test and how Aave App passes it.
How Aave Horizon is Built to Support Institutions
How Aave Horizon's architecture supports permissioned assets, shared liquidity, and institutional-grade compliance.
FAQs
Aave is a decentralised non-custodial liquidity protocol where users can participate as suppliers or borrowers. Suppliers provide liquidity to the market while earning interest, and borrowers can access liquidity by providing collateral that exceeds the borrowed amount.
The Aave Protocol is governed by the Aave DAO, not Aave Labs. Token holders propose and vote on all key changes. Aave Labs contributes proposals and code, but decisions are made by the community.
No protocol can be considered entirely risk free, but extensive steps have been taken to minimize these risks as much as possible – the Aave Protocol code is publicly available and auditable by anyone, and has been audited by multiple smart contract auditors. Any code changes must be executed through the onchain governance processes. Additionally, there is an ongoing bug bounty campaign and service providers specializing in technical reviews and risk mitigation.
AAVE is used as the centre of gravity of Aave Protocol governance. AAVE is used to vote and decide on the outcome of Aave Improvement Proposals (AIPs). Apart from this, AAVE can be staked within the protocol Safety Module to provide a backstop in the case of a shortfall event, and earn incentives for doing so.