- Renewed investor interest in the Aave ecosystem is driving optimism, with many now eyeing the $300 price target.
- This is mainly driven by Aave’s recent deployment on Aptos, a Layer 1 blockchain designed for secure and scalable dApps.
Like Bitcoin (BTC), Aave has recorded a surge in value in the past day. But there’s a difference: Aave has rallied by 18.20% to trade at $262, while Bitcoin has a slightly marginal one. In the past week, Aave has also risen by 19%, pushing its market capitalization by 18.93% to $3.96 billion. The token is also seeing increased interest from investors, with a staggering 65.54% increase in its trading volume to now settle at $800 million.
The derivatives data analysis from Coinglass adds to this bullish narrative. The volume of AAVE derivatives has increased by 103.56%, reaching $2.00B, while the open interest, representing the total number of outstanding derivative contracts, has risen by 53.61%, totaling $583.00 million. Also, the long/short ratio sits at 1.0092, indicating that there are slightly more long positions than short positions.
This means more people are betting for Aave than against it. Specifically, for every 1 short position, there are approximately 1.0092 long positions, which is another small but solid bullish sign. There’s more. According to DeFiLlama, Aave’s total value locked (TVL) has jumped 40% in the last month, reaching $40.7 billion. That’s a big leap and even puts it ahead of Lido, which sits at $23.3 billion. These positive numbers have led analysts and investors to speculate on its potential to reach the $300 mark.
On the other hand, Aptos has not had such a bullish reaction; the token has only had a 2.16% gain in the past day and a 12% slump in the past week. This dip has pushed the price further from its all-time high of $19 by 74% as it trades at $5.08.
Strategic Expansion into Aptos
These predictions do have a backing; the Aave network just hopped onto the Aptos chain. To make sure everything’s airtight, Aave has teamed up with Cantina, a platform that specializes in security audits, to launch a live audit competition
According to the announcement, the event is open to researchers and white-hat hackers, and it will focus on testing Aave’s new smart contract logic, including how it handles things like collateral, liquidations, and incentives, all within Aptos’s unique environment. Notably, a prize pool of $150,000 GHO is available. The competition is live now and will run until June 9.
By launching on Aptos, Aave is re-architecting its core lending mechanisms for the Move programming language and the Aptos execution environment. This deployment will review the protocol’s collateral flows, liquidation logic, and incentives infrastructure under new assumptions. As Cantina puts it, this presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the security of one of DeFi’s most battle-tested protocols.
For context, Aave is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that allows users to lend and borrow cryptocurrencies. On the other hand, Aptos is a new blockchain that uses the Move programming language, which is designed for safety and scalability. By re-architecting its core lending mechanisms for Aptos, Aave aims to improve its performance and security as it scales its services across different chains.
