Changelog#

16 September 2026

Aave V4 Arc Market#

Aave V4 launches on Arc, Circle's USDC-native Layer 1. The market deploys a Core Hub with Main and Forex Spokes, listing USDC, EURC, cirBTC, and WETH.

15 July 2026

Aave V4 Avalanche Market#

Aave V4 launches on Avalanche, marking the first multi-chain deployment of Aave V4. The Avalanche market introduces a Core Hub with Main, Forex, and AVAX Correlated Spokes.

2 July 2026

Aave v3 Monad Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Monad.

25 June 2026

Paxos Global Dollar Hub & Spoke#

Aave V4 launches a hub and spoke for Paxos Global Dollar (USDG) on Ethereum mainnet, extending the hub-and-spoke liquidity architecture to include the regulated stablecoin.

29 May 2026

Aave v3.7 — Part 2#

Aave v3.7 completes its rollout with deployments to Ethereum (Core, Lido), Polygon, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Linea, Plasma, and Mantle. Learn more.

20 April 2026

Aave v3.7 — Part 1#

Introduces protocol-level improvements and safety enhancements. Initial deployment on Sonic, Optimism, Gnosis, Scroll, Celo, MegaETH, XLayer, and Ethereum EtherFi markets. Learn more.

30 March 2026

Aave V4 Ethereum Mainnet#

Aave V4 launches on Ethereum mainnet with a hub-and-spoke liquidity architecture. Three hubs (Core, Plus, Prime) and eleven spokes are deployed, enabling isolated liquidity routing across collateral categories.

29 March 2026

Aave v3 XLayer Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on XLayer.

11 February 2026

Aave v3 Mantle Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Mantle.

9 February 2026

Aave v3 MegaETH Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on MegaETH.

9 January 2026

Aave v3.6#

Introduces Liquid eMode exclusive collateral and borrowing configurations, renounce allowance functionality, and gas optimizations through OpenZeppelin alignment. Initial deployment on Sonic, Optimism, Gnosis, Scroll, ZKSync, Celo, Metis, Soneium, and Ethereum EtherFi markets. Learn more.

15 October 2025

Aave v3 Ink Market#

Aave v3 whitelabel market deploys on Ink.

25 September 2025

Aave v3 Plasma Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Plasma.

27 August 2025

Aave Horizon RWA Market#

Aave Labs launches Aave Horizon, a new lending market on Ethereum where institutions or other qualified users borrow stablecoins against real-world assets (RWAs). Learn more.

7 August 2025

Aave v3.5#

Enhances protocol precision and safety with improved rounding methods, internal scaled accounting, and enhanced flag logic. Learn more.

6 August 2025

API / SDK Launch#

Introducing the Aave v3 developer toolkit. A new React SDK, TypeScript SDK, and GraphQL API let you query and interact with Aave markets in just a few lines of code. Learn more

3 July 2025

Aave v3.4#

Introducing standardized GHO aToken and variableDebtToken implmenetations, multicall support, and deprecation of discounted GHO borrow rate for stkAAVE. Learn more.

5 June 2025

Umbrella Safety Module Upgrade#

Introduces an automated onchain risk management system utilizing aToken and underlying token staking to cover bad debt. Learn More.

3 June 2025

Aave v3 Soneium Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Soneium.

17 March 2025

Aave v3 Celo Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Celo.

3 March 2025

Aave v3 Sonic Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Sonic.

24 February 2025

Aave v3.3#

Introduces logging and burn functionality to manage undercollateralized borrow positions and refines the liquidation logic. Learn more.

11 February 2025

Aave v3 Linea Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Linea zkEVM.

8 October 2024

Aave v3.2#

Introduces "Liquid eModes," allowing assets to be listed in multiple eModes, alongside the removal of legacy stable rate logic. Learn more

20 September 2024

Aave v3 ZKsync Era Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on ZKsync Era.

9 September 2024

Aave v3 EtherFi Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Ethereum, optimized for EtherFi collateral assets.

29 July 2024

Aave v3 Ethereum Lido Market (Prime Market)#

Aave v3 market deploys on Ethereum optimized for blue-chip collaterals and high-leverage, correlated assets.

27 July 2024

Aave v3.1#

Introduces security and operational improvements to protocol smart contracts. Learn more.

2 July 2024

GHO Cross-Chain#

Introduces a GHO facilitator that enables cross-chain bridging to Arbitrum powered by Chainlink CCIP.

9 February 2024

Aave v3 Scroll Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Scroll zkEVM Layer 2.

29 January 2024

GHO Stability Module#

Introduces a GHO facilitator that supports the conversion of GHO with governance-approved assets at pre-determined ratios to maintain peg stability.

23 January 2024

Aave v3 BNB Chain Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on BNB Chain.

25 December 2023

Aave Governance v3#

Enhances Aave protocol governance, enabling voting on low-cost networks and improving efficiency of cross-chain proposals.

6 November 2023

Aave v3 Gnosis Market#

Aave v3 market deploys on Gnosis Chain.

16 August 2023

Aave v3 Base Market#

Aave v3 deploys on Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 network built on the OP Stack.

16 July 2023

GHO Stablecoin#

Launches GHO, Aave’s native decentralized stablecoin.

6 May 2023

Aave v3.0.2#

Updates the Aave v3 codebase, addressing security and usability improvements. Learn more.

17 March 2023

Aave v3 Metis Market#

Aave v3 deploys on the Metis Layer 2 network.

27 January 2023

Aave v3 Ethereum Core Market#

Aave v3 deploys on Ethereum, bringing the latest protocol innovations to mainnet. The Core market serves as the most liquid and risk-adjusted environment for a diverse range of assets.

16 March 2022

Aave v3#

A new iteration of the Aave Protocol, introducing new features such as efficiency mode and enhanced risk measures with isolation mode, supply caps, and borrow caps.

4 October 2021

Aave v2 Avalanche Market#

Aave v2 deploys on the Avalanche C-Chain network.

14 April 2021

Aave v2 Polygon Market#

Aave v2 deploys on Polygon (formerly Matic), the first protocol deployment outside of Ethereum mainnet.

16 December 2020

Aave Governance v2#

Enhances on-chain protocol governance, enabling the Aave community to propose, vote, and trustlessly execute protocol changes.

3 December 2020

Aave v2#

Aave v2 greatly enhances protocol efficiency with reduced gas costs and new features such as collateral switch and batch flash loans.

29 October 2020

Aave Governance v1#

Introduces the first version of Aave’s governance mechanism, enabling the community to propose and vote on protocol updates.

8 January 2020

Aave v1#

The first iteration of the Aave Protocol launches on Ethereum mainnet, introducing decentralized liquidity pools, allowing users to supply and borrow various assets via smart contracts.