{"id":94741,"date":"2026-02-26T15:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94741"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:25:21","slug":"aave-becomes-first-defi-platform-to-issue-1-trillion-in-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/aave-becomes-first-defi-platform-to-issue-1-trillion-in-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Aave Becomes First DeFi Platform to Issue $1 Trillion in Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The total volume of loans on the DeFi platform Aave has surpassed $1 trillion, marking the first time a project in the decentralized finance industry has reached this milestone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aave crossed $1 trillion all-time loans.<\/p>\n<p>A first in DeFi history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9zMKhtGq6R\">pic.twitter.com\/9zMKhtGq6R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aave (@aave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aave\/status\/2026710482833252557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aave Labs CEO Stani Kulechov emphasized that the protocol has become the &#8220;backbone of onchain lending.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ve crossed $1 trillion in lending volume, a historic milestone for Aave and DeFi as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>A decade ago, DeFi and Aave didn\u2019t exist. They were just ideas. Today, Aave stands as the backbone of onchain lending, powering a new financial system that is open, global, and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/quLb5C9CrX\">https:\/\/t.co\/quLb5C9CrX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stani.eth (@StaniKulechov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StaniKulechov\/status\/2026713373690229189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The team plans to make the platform a primary source of liquidity for traditional banks and fintech companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To attract institutional players, developers launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/aave-founder-rules-out-token-launch-for-horizon-initiative\">Aave Horizon<\/a> market on the Ethereum network in August. There, major players lend <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">stablecoins<\/a> backed by <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rwas-real-world-assets\">RWA<\/a>. The first clients of the platform included VanEck, WisdomTree, and Securitize.<\/p>\n<p>Aave confidently leads among lending platforms, with the total value locked in the protocol exceeding $26.9 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bef5d5faadfa0a3e-7323780633720662-1024x245.png\" alt=\"\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2026-02-26 142543\" class=\"wp-image-275854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bef5d5faadfa0a3e-7323780633720662-1024x245.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bef5d5faadfa0a3e-7323780633720662-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bef5d5faadfa0a3e-7323780633720662-768x184.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bef5d5faadfa0a3e-7323780633720662-1536x368.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-bef5d5faadfa0a3e-7323780633720662.png 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/protocols\/lending\">DeFiLlama<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This record coincided with <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/conflict-erupts-in-aave-community-over-50-million-proposal\">disagreements<\/a> within the community. Aave Labs is requesting <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-dao-decentralised-autonomous-organisation\">DAO<\/a> to allocate funding to developers: $42.5 million in stablecoins and 75,000 AAVE tokens. The agreement sparked debates over the distribution of control over the project&#8217;s revenues.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, from April 1, BGD Labs, one of Aave&#8217;s key technical developers, will <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bgd-labs-ends-collaboration-with-aave-over-centralization-concerns\">cease cooperation<\/a> with the platform due to &#8220;radical changes&#8221; in the DAO structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The total volume of loans on the DeFi platform Aave has surpassed $1 trillion, marking the first time a project in the decentralized finance industry has reached this milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Aave surpasses $1 trillion in loans, a first in DeFi history.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1212,1093,1097],"class_list":["post-94741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-aave","tag-defi","tag-lending"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"206","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Aave surpasses $1 trillion in loans, a first in DeFi history.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94743,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94741\/revisions\/94743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}