Aave Price
Picture a lending desk with no staff. Aave is a set of smart contracts where anyone can deposit an asset into a shared pool and earn interest from people borrowing it, and anyone can borrow from that pool by locking up other crypto as collateral. There is no …
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Key market insights
A plain-language read of live indicators computed from daily closes — these describe current price behaviour, not a forecast.
Technical analysis
Moving averages, momentum and support/resistance from daily closing prices — a snapshot of current structure, not a forecast.
Historical performance
52-week high and low with trailing returns across time windows. Computed from up to 365 daily closes.
Automated observations
Generated mechanically from current market data (volatility, trend, distance from highs) — descriptive, not advice.
Strengths · tailwinds
- Live price, market cap and supply all resolve cleanly from source data.
Risks · headwinds
- Annualised volatility of 85% — large day-to-day swings.
- Trading 76% below its 52-week high — well off recent peaks.
- Max drawdown of -83% over the window — has endured deep peak-to-trough losses.
Supply structure
How much AAVE is in circulation versus its fixed maximum — 93.8% of the maximum is circulating today.
Aave derivatives
Live perpetual-swap metrics. Funding is the periodic payment between longs and shorts; open interest is the total value of outstanding contracts. Informational — not a recommendation to trade leveraged products.
Source: Binance Futures · funding shown per 8h and annualised. Leveraged products carry high risk; informational only.
What the markets price for Aave
Implied probabilities from live Polymarket prediction markets that mention Aave. Each figure is the market-priced chance of the outcome resolving Yes — a crowd forecast, not ours.
Source: Polymarket · probabilities reflect current market prices and change continuously. Shown for context only — not a forecast, endorsement or financial advice.
Convert Aave to US Dollar
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About Aave
Picture a lending desk with no staff. Aave is a set of <a href="/glossary/smart-contract/">smart contracts</a> where anyone can deposit an asset into a shared pool and earn interest from people borrowing it, and anyone can borrow from that pool by locking up other crypto as collateral. There is no application form and no credit check, because the collateral is the credit check. AAVE, the token, is the protocol's governance instrument rather than the thing you lend.
Interest rates are set by the contracts themselves, moving with how much of a pool is borrowed at any moment: heavy demand pushes rates up, which attracts more deposits and encourages repayment. Every loan is over-collateralised, so you always pledge more value than you take out, and each position carries a health measure. If your collateral falls in value or your debt grows until that measure crosses the line, anyone can repay part of your loan and claim a slice of your collateral as a reward. That is <a href="/glossary/liquidation/">liquidation</a>, and it happens automatically.
People use it to borrow stablecoins against assets they would rather keep, to earn a return on balances that would otherwise sit idle, to short or lever a position, and to source instant uncollateralised loans that are borrowed and repaid inside one transaction. Holders of the token vote on which assets are listed, what collateral rules apply, and how the protocol's reserves are used, and staking it can put those tokens at risk of being drawn on if the protocol suffers a shortfall.
The risks deserve plain speech. Liquidation is not a warning, it is a sale of your collateral at a bad moment, and it is triggered by price movements you do not control. Contract bugs, oracle failures that misprice collateral, sudden crashes that leave the protocol with bad debt, and a collateral asset losing its peg have all caused losses across this sector. Governance itself is a risk, since a vote can change rules you were relying on. Start with <a href="/learn/defi-basics-and-risks/">DeFi basics and risks</a>.
Aave vs peers
| Coin | Price | 24h | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aave AAVE | $91.50 | -1.51% | $1.37B |
| Chainlink LINK | $8.38 | +0.69% | $5.36B |
| Uniswap UNI | $3.68 | -2.36% | $2.21B |
| Maker MKR | $1,813.70 | +0.76% | $1.64B |
| Injective INJ | $5.07 | -1.40% | $502.23M |
| Lido DAO LDO | $0.3741 | +0.16% | $334.82M |
Aave FAQ
How can I borrow without a credit check?
By posting more value than you borrow. Because the protocol cannot chase you for repayment, it protects lenders by holding collateral worth more than the loan and selling part of it automatically if the cushion gets thin. That is why the model works for anonymous strangers, and also why it is not consumer credit: it lends against assets you already own rather than against your future income.
What exactly triggers a liquidation?
Each position has a health measure comparing the value of your collateral against your debt, adjusted for how risky the protocol considers each asset. If collateral prices fall, or your debt grows through accrued interest, that measure drops. Once it crosses the threshold, liquidators are free to repay some of your loan and take collateral at a discount. Nobody warns you, and it can happen inside a sharp move.
Where does the interest paid to lenders come from?
From borrowers. When you deposit, your funds join a pool that borrowers draw on, and the interest they pay is distributed to depositors in that pool, less a portion set aside as protocol reserves. Rates float with utilisation rather than being fixed, so the return you saw when you deposited is not a rate you are locked into and can change hour by hour.
What is a flash loan?
An uncollateralised loan that must be borrowed and repaid within a single transaction. If the repayment does not happen, the whole transaction is reversed as if it never occurred, so the lender is never exposed. Traders use them for arbitrage, swapping collateral or refinancing positions. They are also a favourite tool of attackers, who use the borrowed size to manipulate thinly traded markets elsewhere.
Is using Aave risky even if I only deposit?
Yes, though the risks differ from borrowing. Depositors are exposed to smart contract bugs, to oracle failures that misprice collateral, and to the chance that a violent crash leaves the protocol with debt it cannot recover, which can hit the pool. Deposits can also be temporarily hard to withdraw when a pool is almost fully borrowed. Audits reduce these risks; they do not remove them.
What does the AAVE token do?
It is used to govern the protocol: holders propose and vote on which assets are supported, what collateral and liquidation parameters apply, and how reserves are spent. It can also be staked into a safety mechanism that acts as a backstop, earning rewards in exchange for accepting that those tokens could be drawn on to cover a shortfall. Holding it is not required to lend or borrow.
Last updated Jul 25, 2026