Compare Aave and Curve DEX on TVL, fees, revenue and activity to understand how these projects stack up.
$14.005B
Aave V3 is the third iteration of the Aave liquidity market protocol, introducing Portals for cross‑chain liquidity, High‑Efficiency (E‑Mode) lending and Isolation Mode markets to compartmentalise risk. The refactor cuts gas costs by up to 25 % and adds real‑time supply/borrow caps that can be tuned by AAVE token governance. V3 is live on Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Polygon, Metis and Base, collectively holding several billion dollars in deposits secured by the Safety Module.
Curve Finance is an automated market maker optimised for low‑slippage swaps between like‑priced assets such as stablecoins and liquid staking tokens. Its stableswap invariant and meta‑pools keep price impact below 0.05 % even at million‑dollar clip sizes, while veCRV bribing aligns long‑term liquidity incentives. Curve currently handles > $1 billion daily volume across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and ten other chains.