Aave V4 is now live on Ethereum mainnet, marking a fundamental architectural overhaul of the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, which has over $24 billion in total value locked (TVL).
The upgrade introduces a hub-and-spoke design that allows markets to operate independently while sharing liquidity through a unified system — a shift the team says resolves a core limitation that has constrained DeFi lending since its inception.
"DeFi has built deep liquidity. Aave V4 shifts the focus to the demand side, putting that liquidity to work across real credit markets," said Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov.
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