Aave Is Now Live on Monad
Monad Foundation
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Following approval through Aave governance, the Aave Protocol is now live on Monad. The deployment makes Aave's lending and borrowing markets — supplying assets to earn yield, opening overcollateralized borrow positions, and access to GHO, the Aave Protocol's native decentralized stablecoin — available to users and builders on Monad.
Monad is designed for institutional DeFi: the protocols that matter, running where performance actually clears, and extending the use cases unlocked by composability. Aave is a great example of this. Aave [v3.7] brings a battle-tested lending and borrowing market to Monad. The protocol is a lending standard that institutions trust and bringing it to Monad means that the Monad ecosystem now runs on the same liquidity primitives as Ethereum.
Aave runs faster on Monad. Sub-second finality means liquidations finalize in roughly 800ms, rate updates propagate at chain speed, and composability with other Monad protocols runs without latency overhead. The deployment builds on a growing set of institutional-grade deployments on Monad: credit vaults, privacy solutions, neobank infrastructure, tokenized RWAs, and much more.
For Aave, the initial Monad market launches with support for USDT0, USDC, GHO, USDe, mUSD, AUSD, WETH, cbBTC, wstETH, weETH, syrupUSDC, and sUSDe, enabling users to supply assets, borrow against collateral, and access decentralized liquidity from day one. After the initial launch of Aave Protocol v3.7, the next phase of growth is expected to evolve with the introduction of Pendle PT assets and Fastlane's LST.
Together, Monad's high-performance architecture and Aave's liquidity create a strong foundation for the next generation of onchain financial applications and the future of the EVM.
"The next generation of blockchain applications depends on fast execution and deep, reliable liquidity. Deploying on Monad extends Aave's lending markets and GHO to a new high-performance ecosystem advancing the EVM, giving more users access to decentralized finance." — Stani Kulechov, Founder of Aave Labs
About Monad
Monad is a high-performance, institutional-grade Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built to power the financial layer of the internet. Fully EVM-compatible, Monad delivers 10,000 TPS, 400ms block times, 800ms finality, and near-zero fees — without requiring specialised hardware. The network runs on consumer-grade machines, supporting accessible participation and decentralized network operation: over 200 independently operated validators across 30+ countries and 55+ cities secure the chain today.
About Aave
Aave is the world's leading and most trusted decentralized lending protocol, powering one of the largest onchain financial networks with more than $1 trillion in all-time volume. Aave enables users to supply, borrow, and earn yield on digital assets through transparent blockchain-based smart contracts, without intermediaries and with 24/7 access. Aave serves as a global lending, borrowing, and savings network that brings open, onchain finance to users around the world. For more information, visit aave.com.