Aave V3

Mature lending protocol with strong defense depth and governance. Primary risk is composition exposure from heavy integration by other DeFi.

TVL

$12.4B

30-day Δ

Last scored

2026-04-19

BlackHart Risk Index

817

B+

Scale: 300 — 1000

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Category Breakdown

What drives this score.

The score aggregates six independent assessments of the deployed code. Each category below carries a rationale derived from the current state of the protocol.

Access Control

80 / 100

Mature authority lattice; extensive access control

Economic Integrity

79 / 100

Multi-mode markets; careful invariant coverage

External Dependencies

76 / 100

Chainlink + fallback; freshness checks in place

Upgradeability & Governance

84 / 100

Long timelock, on-chain governance

Composition Exposure

62 / 100

High integrator count; well-documented interfaces

Systemic Impact

60 / 100

Largest lending market; systemic role

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Peer Comparison

Other lending protocols.

Comparable protocols in the same category, ranked by BRI.

Protocol	TVL	Grade	BRI	vs. Aave V3
Morpho Blue Ethereum	$2.1B	B+	815	-2
Euler V2 Ethereum	$1.0B	B	755	-62

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Transparency

Score provenance

Slug: aave-v3
Last updated: 2026-04-19
Chain: Ethereum
Outlook: Improving

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