AAVE-USD Crypto — Aave

Aave (AAVE-USD)

Updated October 4, 2026.

AAVE-USD is a Crypto. Total return is 241.1% over the past 6 years, 95.5 points ahead of SPY at 145.6%.

Aave is a decentralized, non-custodial liquidity protocol that enables users to participate as suppliers providing liquidity to earn passive income, as borrowers accessing overcollateralized or undercollateralized loans, or as liquidators. The protocol does not have a traditional expense ratio or scheduled distribution frequency. This asset appeals to participants in decentralized finance seeking exposure to lending and borrowing mechanisms on blockchain networks.

AAVE-USD performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-03.

Total return is 241.1% over the past 6 years, 95.5 points ahead of SPY at 145.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -37.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 79.5%.

AAVE-USD key facts

Asset type

Crypto

Asset class

Crypto

Inception date

10/02/2020

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$179.23 (as of 2026-10-04)

Market cap

$2,791,700,224

Average volume

273860214.0

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AAVE-USD risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 79.5%.

Who may consider AAVE-USD — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AAVE-USD does not currently distribute); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

Frequently asked questions