TokenLogic proposed the DAO funding behind these incentives, which went live on October 13.
Track deposits and active loans on our dashboard ↓
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358% growth in active $USDC loans took @aave V4’s Coinbase Tokenized Stocks market on @base from $1.14M to $5.20M since the start of October.
User deposits increased 102% over the same period to $18.2M.
Coinbase Tokenized Stocks on @aave V4 on @base now earn 3% incentives.
Borrow $USDC against them at a rate capped at 3%, and get paid to hold leverage.
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TokenLogic’s AIP-533 has executed, adding $USDe lending and borrowing to Aave on X Layer.
The listing also lets users borrow other stablecoins against USDe through a dedicated optimised borrowing setup.
Swaps are becoming a real revenue line for @Aave.
Swap fees as a share of monthly protocol revenue:
Oct ‘25: 0.8%
Nov: 0.8%
Dec: 0.04%
Jan ‘26: 0.04%
Feb: 0.01%
Mar: 0.3%
Apr: 3.6%
May: 4.9%
Jun: 4.4%
Jul: 8.2%
Aug: 4.7%
Sep: 8.4%
Oct (MTD): 5.3%
September alone brought in $524K in swap fees, up from $4K in December.
The turning point was April, when the Aave Will Win proposal passed and swap fees from the Aave interface (routed through @CoWSwap) started flowing to the DAO. CoW Swap accounted for $503K of September’s total.
Part of the rising share comes from lower borrow interest. However, both have been ticking up since June, so this is a second revenue stream growing alongside lending, and it accrues to the DAO and $AAVE holders.
Data by TokenLogic
11 Aave markets ended Q3 with $1.3B+ in deposits and $417M borrowed.
Across V3 and V4, @aave expanded into new chains, consumer credit, and different lending structures.
A few things stood out to me 🧵
DeFi Q3 Earnings: @aave edition
Q3 2026 revenue: $18.9M
> Down 23% QoQ (Q2: $24.6M)
> Down 50% from Q1 ($37.9M)
> Lowest quarter of 2026
What happened: Q3 was the first full quarter after April's LayerZero hack, while Q2 still had a strong April. Protocol earnings fell $7.6M QoQ, and buybacks remain paused.
What's improving:
1. Protocol earnings rose every month: $4.56M, $4.66M, $5.15M
2. Expenses down 32% QoQ to $14.9M, partly because Q2 carried a one-off $5.0M Aave Labs payment
3. Net income up 50% QoQ to $4.0M and rising every month, with margin up from 18.2% to 23.8%
4. Deposits up 41% to $33.6B, active loans up 32% to $13.2B (+9% at constant prices)
What to watch in Q4:
1. V4 ramp: 10 spokes opened in Q3, and https://t.co/6tQPMN1MKn Cash already holds $311.5M, with Aave earning 20% of its revenue
2. Native BTC collateral via Babylon
3. Tokenized stocks growth on Base, live since Sep 29
4. Aave App and Aave Institutional
5. When buybacks restart
*Figures exclude DeFi United.
My read: Q3 was a quarter focused on rebuilding the foundations. Q4 is when the sauce starts.
Data by TokenLogic.
A delta-neutral strategy on Coinbase stocks, using @aave V4 on @base and Hyperliquid.
Deposit the stock on Aave, borrow USDC against it, and short the same stock on Hyperliquid.
At today’s rates, it works out to up to 11% a year, with no exposure to the stock price ↓
Things to watch:
> funding changes every hour and can go negative
> if the stock rallies, top up your Hyperliquid margin. If it drops, watch your Aave health factor
> Aave stock prices pause on weekends, Hyperliquid doesn’t