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Cryptocurrency News Articles
Grayscale Launches AAVE Single-Asset Trust, Offering Institutional Investors Exposure to DeFi Token
Oct 04, 2024 at 04:05 am
Grayscale Investments, the world's largest crypto asset manager, has announced the launch of its AAVE single-asset Trust fund, offering qualified investors exposure to the decentralized finance (DeFi) token.
Grayscale Aave Trust: What does it entail?
Grayscale, the world’s largest crypto asset manager, has announced the launch of its AAVE single-asset Trust fund, offering qualified investors exposure to the decentralized finance (DeFi) token.
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The AAVE Trust adds to Grayscale’s growing suite of crypto investment products, including other recent offerings like Avalanche, Sui, and Bittensor Trust funds.
Aave’s DeFi dominance and Grayscale’s Trust fund
The newly launched Grayscale Aave Trust allows institutional and eligible retail investors to gain direct exposure to AAVE, the governance token of one of DeFi’s leading lending platforms, Aave.
Aave enables users to borrow and lend cryptocurrencies without traditional intermediaries, relying on self-executing smart contracts to automate transactions.
As a leader in decentralized finance, Aave currently boasts nearly $12 billion in total value locked (TVL) across its platform, according to data from DefiLlama.
The platform recently gained momentum with the launch of its V3 upgrade, which helped optimize its decentralized lending and borrowing processes.
Moreover, Aave tokenholders recently approved upgrades to its tokenomics, which direct a portion of the protocol’s revenues to AAVE stakers, enhancing the utility and value of the governance token.
Grayscale’s AAVE Trust joins its growing lineup of single-asset investment funds, which already includes exposure to prominent digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and Basic Attention Token (BAT).
According to Grayscale’s head of product and research, Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, Aave’s protocol has the potential to revolutionize traditional finance through its innovative use of blockchain technology.
AAVE price reaction
Despite the excitement surrounding the launch of Grayscale’s AAVE Trust, AAVE prices have seen a 1.4% decline today amid a broader crypto sell-off that was started by the escalation of the Middle East war on Tuesday.
AAVE is down approximately 17% since Tuesday evening, although the bear pressure seems to have subsided following Grayscale’s Trust launch.
Over the past twelve months, AAVE is still up more than 114.7%, reflecting the broader market’s recognition of Aave’s potential in the DeFi sector and demonstrating the token’s long-term growth potential.
With the addition of Aave to Grayscale's portfolio, institutional interest in decentralized finance is set to continue its growth trajectory. Grayscale’s entry into the Aave market is a testament to the increasing confidence in Aave's future as an integral part of the evolving crypto landscape.
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