Aave loan volume reaches $10B after tripling in 2024

Aave (CRYPTO:AAVE), a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform, has surpassed $10 billion in active loans this year, marking a 300% increase from $3.4 billion at the start of 2024, according to Token Terminal.

In the past 30 days, active loans on Aave increased by 16.4% to $10.04 billion.

Its total value locked (TVL) rose by 26.7% to $15.96 billion during the same period.

Revenue metrics also saw notable growth, with fees increasing 48% to $40.34 million and monthly revenue climbing by 82% to $9.36 million.

Annualised revenue projections now stand at $113.84 million, driven by higher user engagement.

Daily active users rose by over 40%, surpassing 6,200 per day, and total token holders increased slightly to 173,000.

Aave’s founder, Stani Kulechov, highlighted the protocol’s performance as part of a broader “DeFi renaissance.”

The platform’s expanding ecosystem includes a potential integration with Spiderchain, a Bitcoin layer-2 network by Botanix Labs.

This initiative would connect Ethereum-based (CRYPTO:ETH) applications with Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) liquidity.

The Aave-Chain Initiative is currently seeking community feedback on the proposal.

October saw further developments for Aave, including a proposal from World Liberty Financial (WLF), a DeFi project by President-elect Donald Trump.

The proposal offered 20% of protocol fees and 7% of WLF’s governance token supply to establish an instance on Aave.

Additionally, Aave saw increased deposits of Coinbase’s cbBTC, with 56% of the cryptocurrency hosted on the platform.

Despite these advancements, Aave’s native token (AAVE) declined 3.4% over the past 24 hours and 12% over the week.

However, AAVE has gained 31.7% in the last three months and 81% over six months, reflecting its broader resilience within the market.

At the time of reporting, the Aave (AAVE) price was $157.36.