Aave V3

LendingRank #1 in DeFi by value lockedOfficial website Updated 23 Oct, 19:41 UTC

$16.98B +0.3%24hValue locked

Value locked
$16.98B
7 days
0.0%
30 days
−9.2%
Fees per day
$1.12M7-day average
Fees / value locked
2.4%annualised
Chains
21
AAVE price
$146.31−0.3% 24h
Token market cap
$2.26B

About Aave V3

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As of 23 Oct 2026, Aave V3 holds $16.98B in value locked across 21 chains, which ranks it #1 in DeFi by value locked. 83% of that sits on Ethereum, its largest deployment. It is the largest of 109 lending protocols, with 32% of the sector's value locked; Morpho Blue follows with $11.25B. Its value locked is flat over seven days and down 9.2% over 30 days. Users paid an average of $1.12M a day in fees over the last seven days; a year at that pace would equal 2.4% of its value locked, against a sector median of 2.5%. The AAVE token, shared by the 5 Aave products we track, is valued at $2.26B, 13% of their combined $18.03B in value locked.

Aave V3 value locked, daily, 20 Jul 2026 to 23 Oct 2026

Value locked by chain

Largest lending protocols

Full sector
#ProtocolChainsValue locked7dFees/day
1Aave V3Ethereum, Base +19$16.98B0.0%$1.12M
2Morpho BlueEthereum, Base +36$11.25B+2.0%$767.3K
3SparkLendEthereum, Gnosis$5.08B−1.8%$234.4K
4JustLend V1Tron$3.68B−1.1%$49.74K
5MapleEthereum$2.67B−3.2%$295.3K
6Hyperliquid EarnHyperliquid L1$1.43B−2.4%–
7Compound V3Ethereum, Arbitrum +8$1.40B−0.3%$97.53K
8Kamino LendSolana$1.29B−0.8%$142.6K

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