Submit Blog Home » Cryptocurrency News » Cryptocurrency News » Aave hits record $288 high as demand for flash loans and staking increases Aave hits record $288 high as demand for flash loans and staking increases January 24, 2021 Surging volume, demand for flash loans and a strong rally in DeFi tokens pushed AAVE price to a new all-time high today.
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Aave (AAVE) price has been on an absolute tear for weeks and today the DeFi-token rallied to a new all-time high at $288.90.
The decentralized finance protocol is one of the most popular in the market and the recent rally in the DeFi sector is one of the driving forces behind AAVE’s rally.AAVE/USDT 4-hour chart.Source: TradingView
At the start of 2021, AAVE price was trading at $83 and the recent rally appears to have bolstered the protocol’s surging total value locked, increasing buy volume on spot and derivatives exchanges and the continued development of Aave’s lending platform and flash loan issuance.TVL soars to a new high
Data from DeFi Pulse shows that Aave’s TVL rose from $2.03 billion on Jan.1 and as (BTC) and Ether (ETH) price went parabolic Aave’s TVL also surged.Total value locked on AAVE.Source: DeFi Pulse
Currently, Aave’s TVL sits at a new all-time high of $3.75 billion, making the platform the second-largest DeFi platform by TVL behind Maker (MKR).
The steady addition of new tokens to the lending and borrowing protocol increases the likelihood that its TVL will continue to rise and help AAVE retain its standing as one of the top DeFi projects in the cryptocurrency space.Staking drives demand for AAVE token
AAVE’s trading volume also surged at the beginning of 2021, increasing from $200 million on Jan.
3 to a high of $928 million on Jan.16.AAVE price vs.Reported trading volume.Source: TheTIE
As AAVE price reached a new high, it’s 24-hour trading volume notched a record $1.06 billion.This volume surge is partially driven by investors acquiring more tokens for staking, with 26.8% of the total supply of AAVE currently staked on the platform earning an APY of 6.1% Flash loans attract investors
Another reason for AAVE’s recent surge is the growth of its flash loans.
Flash loans allow cryptocurrency holders to collatoralize their portfolio to fund other purchases or new crypto purchases.
The loans also help investors utilize the value in their tokens without the need to sell see them and create a taxable event.
Since launching flash loans less than 12 months ago, more than $1.7 billion have been issued and it’s expected that this figure will increse as the crypto bull market progresses.Total flash loan issuance to date on AAVE.
Source: Messari
As can be seen in the chart above, the most dominant token requested for flash loans is the DAI stablecoin, followed by USDC and ETH.Data from Messari shows that Aave issued $25 million in loans in the first half of 2020, $500 million in Q3, and nearly $1 billion in Q4, including $450 million in December.
The expansion of the flash loan concept will likely attract more users to Aave, especially since they can be used for arbitrage opportunities between DEXs, collateral swaps, self-liquidations and a variety of other applications within the DeFi sector.Share this: BlockShow Announces BlockShow Americas 2018 Conference in Las Vegas August 20-21 BlockShow, a major international blockchain event powered by Cointelegraph, announced the new conference BlockShow Americas 2018, which will be held in Las Vegas August 20-21, 2018.The event comes on the heels of the successful BlockShow Europe 2018 in Germany in May 2018.
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