Aave (AAVE) — Onchain News & Whale Tracking

A whale has increased their holdings by acquiring nearly 17,000 AAVE at an average price of $177.

On November 19th, as monitored by OnchainLens, a whale address spent 3 million USDC to acquire 16,991 AAVE at a price of $177 per token. The whale still holds 5.79 million USDC and is likely to continue making purchases. The address is 0x6a4d361b7d0dadf8146dcfe6258a8699ea35eb81.

Aave is planning to launch an app on the Apple App Store to provide users with a minimum of 5% interest.

On November 17th, as reported by Fortune, Aave Labs announced that it is going to launch an app on the Apple App Store and has set up a waitlist for users who are interested. Their new product resembles a savings account but provides a higher yield. Users are able to earn at least 5% interest in their account and can deposit funds through a bank account or a debit card.

「Previously Borrowed to Short 66,000 ETH」 Whale Once Again Accumulates 19,508 ETH and Deposits it into Aave

On November 14th, as monitored by Onchain Lens, the whale that "previously borrowed coins to take a short position on 66,000 ETH" once again withdrew 19,508 ETH (valued at $61.03 million) from Binance and deposited it into Aave V3.

「Borrowing to Short 66,000 ETH」 Whale Borrows Another 120 Million USDT from Aave to Deposit in CEX, May Buy More ETH

On November 13th, as observed by lookIntoChain, the "Borrow to Short 66,000 ETH" whale address, which had previously acquired 385,718 ETH (approximately $13.3 billion), has just borrowed 120 million USDT from Aave and placed it into Binance. This action is likely indicating its intention to continue purchasing additional Ethereum.

A whale borrowed 10 million USDC from Aave and acquired an additional 2,909 ETH.

On November 12th, as monitored by lookonchain, approximately two hours ago, the address 0x9992 borrowed 10 million USDC from Aave and used it to purchase 2,909 ETH. Currently, they have deposited a total of 83,816 ETH on Aave (approximately $2.886 billion) and borrowed $122.89 million in stablecoins.

A whale withdrew 114.9 million USDT from Aave, causing Aave's main market USDT utilization rate to soar above 92% of the optimal utilization threshold.

On November 6th, based on the monitoring of LookOnChain, a whale address 0x540C has just withdrawn 1.149 billion USDT from Aave. This has led to the USDT utilization rate on the Aave main market rising to 92.83%, which exceeds the optimal utilization rate threshold of 92% of the protocol.

Aave Founder: Immutable Oracle and Interest Rate Mechanism Pose Potential Risks to Lending Protocol

On November 6th, Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, commented on the reason for the loss on the Stream platform. He stated that it was caused by high-leverage directional trading and opaque fund utilization. DeFi projects should focus on standardization and transparency. Treasury operations should not only pursue returns but also strengthen risk management. "The problems with immutable oracle price feeds and interest rate curve mechanisms are highly concerning. This design combination could potentially lead to a disaster for lending protocols. Some asset managers have taken on excessive risks to gain a competitive edge, further increasing industry risks. Building a secure and robust DeFi ecosystem is extremely challenging. Currently, not only do investors lack sufficient due diligence, but there is also a lack of risk awareness at the protocol integration level."

MetaAlpha withdrew 6,800 ETH from Binance and deposited it all into AAVE

On November 5th, according to TheDataNerd's monitoring, 6 hours prior to this, MetaAlpha withdrew 6,800 ETH (approximately $22.72 million) from Binance and then deposited the entire amount into AAVE.

An address withdrew over 20,000 ETH from a CEX, possibly to repay an Aave loan

On November 3rd, according to the monitoring of AI Auntie, the address 0xe5c...b4e4c withdrew 20,021 ETH ($78.15 million) from Binance 10 minutes ago. This withdrawal may be to repay an Aave loan. Previously, on October 20th when the price of ETH was $4,032.24, this address had used 200 million USDC as collateral to borrow 22,020.09 WETH. The current withdrawal is based on an ETH price of $3,903.53.

Through Aave's flash loan, a whale reduced their ETH position by 2500 ETH while going long.

On November 2nd, according to on-chain analyst AI Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale with the address 0xC26...7869C, which was long on ETH through leverage in Aave, sold 2500 ETH (approximately $9.67 million) 8 hours ago, reducing a portion of their leverage. During the period from October 13th to 27th, the whale purchased 2989 ETH at an average price of $4197. This sell-off will lead to a loss of $820,000. Currently, they still have 13,504.56 ETH collateralized in Aave and borrowed 37.24 million stablecoins, with a Health Factor of 1.16.

Aave Community Proposes $50 Million AAVE Token Buyback Annually

October 22nd: The Aave community has put forward a proposal aiming to institutionalize AAVE's long-term buyback plan, which is supported by protocol revenue. This plan will set an annual budget of $50 million. It will utilize flexible execution parameters to enable the Aave DAO to make strategic allocations of funds for continuous buybacks and the accumulation of AAVE tokens, thereby extending the existing buyback initiative indefinitely. Plan Structure: Annual Budget: $50,000,000; Responsible Entities: Tokenlogic and the Aave Finance Committee (AFC); Weekly Execution Range: Weekly purchases of AAVE worth between $250,000 and $1,750,000. The AFC will have the power to adjust the weekly buyback amount within a 75% fluctuation range based on factors such as market conditions and liquidity, token price volatility, strategic timing considerations, and the availability of protocol revenue.

GSR Deposits UNI, AAVE, and Other Tokens to Binance

On October 22nd, as monitored by TheDataNerd, the liquidity provider GSR has deposited multiple tokens into Binance within the past 12 hours: 405,000 UNI, which is approximately $2.64 million; 6,000 AAVE, approximately $1.38 million; and 682,000 WLD, approximately $636,000.

A certain whale/institution has deposited 3.9 billion USDC on Aave, borrowed 42,000 ETH, and deposited it into Binance.

On October 20th, according to the monitoring of on-chain data analyst Yu Jin, another whale address has just emerged. It collateralized 200 million USDC on Aave and then borrowed 22,000 ETH (approximately $89 million) and transferred it to Binance. This whale address, which had previously collateralized 190 million USDC and borrowed 20,000 ETH, is considered to be the same whale or institution. Both addresses withdrew USDC from Binance a week ago and tonight collateralized to borrow ETH. In other words, this suspected short-selling whale/institution has now collateralized 390 million USDC and borrowed 42,000 ETH (approximately $169 million) and transferred it to Binance.

A whale has deposited 190 million USDC on Aave, borrowed 20,000 ETH, and transferred it to Binance.

On October 20th, according to the on-chain data analyst Yu Jin, a whale address deposited 190 million USDC on Aave. 15 minutes ago, it borrowed 20,000 ETH (approximately $80.62 million) and transferred it to Binance. This may be for a short-selling operation.

Ethena Labs' PT for USDe and sUSDe is now live on Aave Plasma

On October 20th, Ethena Labs made an official announcement on social media that the PT tokens for USDe and sUSDe have been listed on the Aave Plasma platform. The supply cap for each token is 2 billion dollars. With the USDT borrowing rate remaining at around 4%, Plasma has now become the premier on-chain venue for users to obtain leveraged PT positions through Aave. It is expected that there will be multiple rounds of cap increases in the near future.

Aave V4 will support a new collateral asset class, covering stocks, ETFs, and real estate, among others

On October 18th, Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, posted on social media and stated that Aave V4 will unlock an entirely new category of collateral assets for DeFi, encompassing: cryptocurrencies, stocks, ETFs, various funds, bonds and fixed income products, private credit, real estate and mortgages, commodities, and accounts receivable.

A whale has sold 88,227 AAVE tokens over the past 8 hours at an average price of $225.47.

On October 17th, according to the monitoring of LookOnChain, Whale 0xebb4 sold 88,227 AAVE in the past 8 hours at an average price of $225.47. The total amount sold was 19.89 million USD. Currently, it holds 3,129 AAVE with a remaining value of 697,000 USD.

A whale engaged in a flash loan to leverage long AAVE sold 70,000 AAVE today to repay the entire loan and deleverage.

On October 17th, according to on-chain data analyst DeBank. The whale that was on the verge of being liquidated in April when AAVE dropped below $120 due to a flash loan long position. Today chose to sell 70,000 AAVE (approximately $15.62 million) to repay the entire loan and reduce leverage. Within the past 4 hours, he withdrew 70,000 AAVE from Aave and sold them at an average price of $223, exchanging them for $15.62 million USDC and repaying the loan on Aave. After repaying the loan, he now only holds 21,000 AAVE (approximately $4.8 million).

Suspected Multicoin Capital Address Receives 210,000 AAVE via Galaxy Digital OTC Wallet

On October 14th, as monitored by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, 210,000 AAVE (amounting to $51.32 million) was withdrawn from Binance, OKX, and Bybit and transferred to the Galaxy Digital OTC wallet within the past 11 hours. Subsequently, it was transferred to the 0x73AC address half an hour ago. Nansen pointed out that the 0x73AC address belongs to Multicoin Capital.

Whale/Institution '7Siblings' Borrowed 40 Million USDC from Aave to Buy the Dip in ETH

October 11th. According to on-chain data analyst Yujin Monitoring, the whale/institution "7 Siblings", which has repeatedly purchased during ETH's dips after major price drops, has once again begun to accumulate ETH following today's significant drop. It borrowed 40 million USDC from Aave and has already spent 5 million USDC in the past hour to purchase 1326 ETH at a price of $3771. This whale/institution has previously bought ETH during dips after major drops and has achieved considerable profits: · On August 5th of last year, when ETH dropped by 15%, it bought 100,000 ETH at around $2,270 each; · On April 7th of this year, when ETH dropped by 10%, it bought 25,000 ETH at around $1,700 each.

Liquidation Event: Two Whale Addresses Experience $23.9M Loss on Aave

On October 11th, as monitored by PeckShieldAlert, with BTC plummeting by 8.44%, the whale address 0xddf7...8ce5 experienced liquidation in the Aave protocol, resulting in a loss of 14.4 million US dollars worth of cbBTC. Another whale address 0xee7c...2954 was just liquidated for its long position in cbBTC on Aave, incurring a loss of 9.5 million US dollars worth of cbBTC.

Aave partners with Blockdaemon to drive institutional DeFi adoption

October 10th: The leading institutional-grade staking service provider, Blockdaemon, and Aave Protocol core contributor, Aave Labs, announced a strategic partnership intended to widen the channels for institutions to access decentralized finance (DeFi) opportunities. Aave Labs and Blockdaemon are committed to offering institutions with institutional-grade Aave decentralized finance market access services. Currently, they are leveraging Blockdaemon's Earn Stack and Aave Vaults to achieve this objective.

A whale bought 7311 ETH at an average price of $4514 and provided lending on Aave

On October 6th, as monitored by Onchain Lens, a whale deposited $33 million into HyperLiquid. It then purchased 7,311 ETH at a price of $4,514 per ETH and provided lending on Aave V3. Currently, the whale holds 38,275 ETH, which is valued at $172.9 million. It also holds 35.18 WBTC, valued at $4.34 million, and these assets are stored across multiple wallets.

A whale withdrew $5.4 million worth of AAVE from Binance and staked it.

On October 6th, as per the monitoring of Onchain Lens, a whale withdrew 18,610 AAVE, which is worth $5.4 million, from Binance and sent it for staking. The address in total has 27,482.7 AAVE staked, with a value of $7.96 million.

Yilihua's Trend Research withdrew 16,698 ETH from Aave and deposited it into Binance.

October 2nd. As per on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), EasyHua's subsidiary Trend Research withdrew 16,698 ETH from Aave 5 minutes ago. The value of this withdrawal is $73.38 million. Currently, 6,000 ETH has been deposited into Binance. From early yesterday morning up to the present time, the institution has transferred a total of $130 million worth of ETH to the trading platform.

Aave's Total Deposits on the Plasma Chain Surpass $6.5 Billion, with Daily Increase Exceeding $1.5 Billion

September 28th. According to Aave's official data, the daily deposits on Aave's Plasma chain have exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars, and the current total has reached 6.5 billion US dollars.

Aave founder Stani.eth deposited 4 million ENA into an OTC platform, allegedly for sale

On September 27th, as per the monitoring of @EmberCN, it is possible that Stani.eth, the founder of Aave, has sold 4 million ENA acquired through investment (valued at $2.38 million). He transferred 4 million ENA to the institutional business platform Galaxy Digital 6 hours ago. He is an investor in Ethena, and these ENA tokens are those he received from Ethena's vesting wallet.

Analysis: The transfer of 200,000 ETH by the whale did not result in a sell-off; the funds moved to Aave and Plasma

September 26th. Based on EmberCN's monitoring, the whale that transferred 200,000 ETH did not sell them. Instead, 100,000 ETH was further transferred to the address "0xc6b...9c7" and then deposited into Aave for staking in order to earn yield. Another address "0xc6b...9c7" deposited 100,000 ETH into Aave, borrowed 1 million USDT, and then deposited it into Plasma for yield. According to EmberCN's analysis, these ETH may belong to Bitfinex. However, it is not clear whether they are user assets or Bitfinex's own holdings. Additionally, Bitfinex is an investor in Plasma.

An address sold $4.84 million of WBTC and $2.838 million of AAVE, swapping for HYPE.

On September 26th, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), during the Perp DEX craze, the address 0x4F1...6618B sold BTC and AAVE and shifted to HYPE.
Three hours ago, the on-chain address sold $4.84 million worth of WBTC and $2.838 million worth of AAVE. Subsequently, it deposited $4.692 million USDC into Hyperliquid and purchased 101,000 HYPE tokens ($4.25 million).

Arthur Hayes just spent 375,000 USDC to buy 1630 AAVE tokens

On September 23rd, as per the monitoring of LookOnChain, Arthur Hayes has just utilized 374,999 USDC to purchase 1,630 AAVE tokens, with an average price of $230.

Trend Research withdrew 42.43 million UST from Binance in the past half hour to repay an Aave loan.

On September 22nd, according to on-chain analyst Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), Trend Research of LD Capital withdrew 42.43 million USDT from Binance in the past half hour in order to repay an Aave loan.

Aave V4 is scheduled to be released in Q4, introducing the ERC-4626 standard for asset accounting.

On September 18th, as per official information, Aave has presented a roadmap update indicating that V4 is scheduled to be launched in the fourth quarter of this year. V4 will introduce the ERC-4626 standard for asset accounting and will initiate a modular Hub-and-Spoke framework to manage complexity while maximizing efficiency. It is reported that ERC-4626 is a token standard that refines the technical parameters of yield-bearing collateral vaults. It offers a standard API for a yield-bearing collateral vault representing a single underlying ERC-20 token share.

Since 2025, the Aave Protocol has generated $86.27 million in revenue, poised to surpass last year's annual level.

On September 12th, Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, took to social media to announce that the revenue of the Aave Protocol has been steadily on the rise in recent years: $5.22 million in 2022, $22.54 million in 2023, and reaching $90.42 million in 2024.
The revenue for 2025 has already reached $86.27 million and is set to surpass the full-year level of last year.

A newly created address withdrew 50,000 AAVE from Kraken, worth $15.07 million.

September 9th. Based on the monitoring of OnchainLens, a new address withdrew 50,000 AAVE from Kraken, with a value of $15.07 million, and also 15 ETH, with a value of $64,670. Address: 0x7D94077f58593F8b97c5cAB56c8924E13b49946E.

A whale borrowed 11 million USDT from Aave to purchase 2502 ETH at an average price of $4,396.5

September 9th. Based on on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale borrowed 11 million USDT from Aave 9 hours ago. Subsequently, it purchased 2502 ETH on-chain at an average price of $4,396.5 per ETH. Currently, the whale holds a total of 10,345 ETH as collateral and has borrowed 20.08 million USDT, with a health factor of 1.84.

An institution has accumulated 191,000 AAVE over the past 3 weeks, worth $61.03 million.

September 4th. Based on EmberCN's monitoring, an institution has accumulated as many as 191,000 AAVE tokens, which are worth $61.03 million, through multiple CEXs in the past 3 weeks. In just the past 4 days, a total of 128,905 AAVE tokens with a value of $40.83 million have been withdrawn from exchanges like Binance and OKX. The most recent withdrawal took place just 30 minutes ago.

A whale address is currently selling its PEPE and PENDLE positions to swap into AAVE and ENA for repositioning purposes.

On September 4th, as per the monitoring of LookOnChain, the Smart Money address 0x3737 is currently in the process of swapping his positions of PEPE and PENDLE for ENA and AAVE. During the past 16 hours, he has sold 3,887.2 billion PEPE tokens (approximately $3.84 million) and 75,413 PENDLE tokens (approximately $355,000), and then purchased 4,831 AAVE tokens (approximately $1.58 million) and 3.09 million ENA tokens (approximately $2.25 million).

A Whale Has Accumulated Over 167,000 AAVE in the Past Week, Valued at Around $53.65 Million

On September 3rd, as monitored by lookonchain, the whale address 0xF436 withdrew an additional 25,097 AAVE (approximately $7.9 million) from the exchange platform 2 hours ago.
During the past week, this whale has already withdrawn a total of 167,451 AAVE (approximately $53.65 million) from the exchange platform.

A whale address withdrew 25,100 AAVE from a CEX, holding a total of 117,000 AAVE.

On September 3rd, as monitored by The Data Nerd, a whale address beginning with 0xF43 withdrew 25,100 AAVE tokens from a CEX (approximately $7.89 million). Currently, this address holds a total of 117,046 AAVE tokens (approximately $36.82 million), and the average entry price is around $316.

Aave-backed Horizon RWA Market Launches with Nearly $50 Million TVL on First Day

On August 29th, according to Sentora, on the very first day of the market launch of Aave-backed Horizon RWA, the TVL neared nearly $50 million. And more than $5 million had already been borrowed based on tokenized government bonds and CLOs.

Aave Labs Launches New Lending Platform Horizon for Institutional Users

On August 27th, the decentralized lending protocol Aave Labs launched a new platform named Horizon for institutional users. This enables institutional users to use tokenized real-world assets (RWA) as collateral to borrow stablecoins. The acceptable collaterals include Superstate's short-term US Treasury bonds, cryptocurrency arbitrage funds, Circle Yield Fund, and Centrifuge's tokenized Janus Henderson product. The platform operates based on the decentralized lending protocol Aave V3, and Chainlink's oracle service provides real-time pricing data to the platform. Leading institutions like VanEck and WisdomTree have become the first batch of partners.

Aave Treasury Net Worth Hits All-Time High, with a Year-over-Year Growth Rate of 130%

On August 27th, according to the crypto analytics firm TokenLogic, the Treasury Net Worth of Aave (excluding AAVE) has reached a new all-time high and currently stands at $1.327 billion, indicating a year-over-year increase of 130%. If AAVE is included, the Treasury balance is approximately $3.29 billion. The current breakdown of Aave's net Treasury is as follows: ?? 44.6% ETH and related tokens; ?? 39.5% Stablecoins; ?? 10.8% DeFi tokens; ?? 4.9% BTC-related tokens.

Aave Founder: Aave V4 Launch Imminent

On August 26th, the Engineering Lead at Aave tweeted that the codebase of Aave v4 has officially integrated all DAO service providers, which marks a significant milestone in the development of the protocol. Aave's founder, Stani.eth, indicated that Aave v4 is about to be launched.

Aave Founder Responds Again to WLFI Protocol: WLFI Team Proposal Has Been Voted on by the Aave DAO and Has Received WLFI Approval

On August 24th, Stani.eth, the founder of Aave, once again posted on the X platform in response to the claim by the WLFI team that Aave will receive 7% of the total supply token. He stated, "The proposal created by the WLFI team has been voted on in the Aave DAO and has been approved" and "has received formal approval from WLFI." Previous reports indicated that according to Wu Shuo of the WLFI team, the claim "Aave will receive 7% of the total supply of WLFI tokens" is false news.

Opinion: Interpreting the WLFI token distribution as Aave's intrinsic value is not accurate, and the 7% token distribution clause overvalues it.

August 24th. Mindao, the founder of the DeFi protocol dForce, expressed his viewpoints on the "Can Aave Obtain 7% of WLFI Token Total Supply" event. He stated that Aave's previous 10% revenue sharing partnership with Spark is relatively insignificant compared to the "20% revenue sharing + 7% token allocation" terms of the Aave and WLFI partnership. These terms are overly generous and do not align with the deal terms that the Trump family is willing to accept. The WLFI project is endorsed by the Trump brand. Coupled with the upcoming US crypto new policy, WLFI will be issued at USD1. The narrative of WLFI will directly transition from "crypto bank" to a combination of "Aave + Circle", significantly increasing its valuation. Aave founder Stani.eth made a high-profile retweet yesterday, stating that "at the current price, Aave's treasury will receive WLFI worth $2.5 billion, making it one of the biggest winners in this round cycle." He referred to this as the art of the deal. Subsequentl

「Aave to Receive 7% of WLFI Total Token Supply」 Sparks Ongoing Dispute, Both Sides Stick to Their Guns with No Resolution

August 24th witnessed a disagreement between the Aave official and the WLFI team regarding "Aave will receive 7% of the WLFI total token supply," which triggered a significant price fluctuation of the AAVE token. The timeline of this event is as follows: On December 6th, 2024, the WLFI team proposed "Launching Aave V3 Instance on the Ethereum Mainnet," and it was passed on December 13th. According to the proposal, as a lending ecosystem partner of WLFI, Aave will adopt the same reserve factor mechanism in this Aave v3 instance as the main Aave instance. AaveDAO will receive 20% of the protocol fees generated by the WLFI Aave v3 instance and will receive approximately 7% of the total WLFI token supply for participating in future WLFI governance processes, liquidity mining, and driving the decentralization of the WLFI platform. Last evening at 8:30 PM, Aave founder Stani.eth responded to doubts about "Is the WLFI partnership with AAVE still valid? Are they really building on Aave? Ther

WLFI Team: "Aave Will Receive 7% of the Total Supply of WLFI Token" Claim is False

On August 24th, as reported by Wu Shuo, the WLFI team stated that the claim "Aave will receive 7% of the total WLFI token supply" is false and is nothing but fake news. However, in a contradictory manner, according to a previously released proposal, as a WLFI lending ecosystem partner, Aave. In this Aave v3 instance, WLFI will adopt the same reserve factor mechanism as the main Aave instance. AaveDAO will receive 20% of the protocol fees generated by the WLFI Aave v3 instance and will obtain approximately 7% of the total WLFI token supply for participating in future WLFI governance processes, liquidity mining, and driving the decentralization of the WLFI platform. Last night, a suspected member of the WLFI Wallet team, Dylan_0x (@0xDylan_), denied the association of the proposal that "Aave will receive 7% of the WLFI total token supply." As a result, AAVE experienced a short-term drop of more than 5%. At 20:30 yesterday, Aave founder Stani.eth responded to questions about "Is the rel

Aave Founder Responds to WLFI Protocol: Still in Effect

August 23rd. Stani.eth, the founder of Aave, responded to questions on social media at 20:30 today regarding "Is the WLFI and AAVE protocol still valid? Are they really building on Aave? There are many different rumors from the outside." He stated that the protocol is still valid. "It is stated that at the current price, the Aave Treasury will receive WLFI worth $2.5 billion, making it one of the biggest winners in this cycle." In response to this view, Aave's founder prominently retweeted a comment saying, "The art of the deal." BlockBeats previously reported that Aave will receive 7% of the total WLFI tokens and will receive 20% of the protocol fees generated by WLFI Aave v3. However, the related topic was later denied by an alleged WLFI Wallet team member, which sparked intense discussions on social media platforms and caused significant price fluctuations in the AAVE token.

Suspected WLFI Wallet Team Member Denies Proposal-Related Message Regarding "Aave Receiving 7% of WLFI Total Supply"

AAVE Short-Term Breaks Above $385, Surges Over 14% in 24 Hours

On August 23rd, based on HTX market data, AAVE briefly soared above $385 and has now pulled back to $370. It has witnessed an increase of over 14% within 24 hours, and its market capitalization is $5.733 billion.