AAVE

AAVE is the most widely used DeFi lending platform, allowing you to supply crypto assets, borrow against collateral, and earn yield, all seamlessly integrated with Avalanche. Deployed Aave V4 Hub & Spoke on Avalanche July 2026, 335M+ TVL there — significant despite being a global protocol.

Ecosystem

AAVE is listed in Cascade (/tags/cascade), Team1's ecosystem map for Avalanche (/tags/avalanche), under the category "DeFi". Directory signals at capture: 12 community votes; directory status "live"; GitHub 6786 stars / 17506 commits.

Enrichment note

This entry is a SHELL: it was created from the Cascade ecosystem directory (captured 2026-08-28) plus the §B2 ranking pass, and its prose above is directory-sourced rather than editorial. Nothing here has been independently verified beyond the listed sources. It exists so the graph can reason about AAVE and resolve its handle; it should be replaced with a researched About body before it carries coverage.