Aave is the leading decentralized liquidity protocol where users supply assets to earn yield and borrow against overcollateralized positions across 20+ chains, with $13.8B+ TVL.
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Idle assets in wallets generate no yield, and accessing liquidity against holdings typically requires selling (a taxable event). DeFi capital is fragmented across chains.
Aave lets users earn interest on deposits and unlock liquidity from their assets without selling them, across 20+ chains via a unified protocol.
The largest, most liquid, and most integrated lending protocol in DeFi — pioneering flash loans, E-Mode for capital-efficient correlated borrowing, and the GHO native stablecoin.
Aave is a Lending protocol operating on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Avalanche, Polygon, BNB Chain, Optimism, Gnosis, Mantle, Linea, Scroll, zkSync Era, Metis, Sonic, Celo. Aave is the leading decentralized liquidity protocol where users supply assets to earn yield and borrow against overcollateralized positions across 20+ chains, with $13.8B+ TVL.
DeFi Sentinel rates Aave AAA with a safety score of 95/100, indicating highest safety tier. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Aave has 6 audits on record. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
Aave has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 95/100 (rating AAA), last updated April 29, 2026. The score is computed across smart contract & technical risk (30%), economic design & market risk (25%), governance & centralization (20%), sustainability & competitive position (15%), and reputation & social trust (10%).
Aave is deployed on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Avalanche, Polygon, BNB Chain, Optimism, Gnosis, Mantle, Linea, Scroll, zkSync Era, Metis, Sonic, Celo.
Yes. Aave has 6 audit reports on record from firms including OpenZeppelin, Trail of Bits, Sigma Prime. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.
