Grvt, the world’s first privacy-preserving decentralized exchange built on the ZKsync protocol stack with its own independent ZK Appchain, today announced the official integration of Aave. This integration brings composable yield to perpetual futures collateral, marking a milestone step for Grvt as it evolves from a mere contract platform into a comprehensive, modern fintech trading experience.
This innovative experience is powered by Grvt’s proprietary margin-over-yield engine, ONE Balance. Under normal operating conditions, the engine redefines the logic of collateral usage while remaining fully on-chain and trustless: users can earn dynamically changing yields on their eligible collateral while keeping their positions active.
According to Grvt’s internal research as of February 2026, this is the first time in the industry that a perpetual contracts decentralized exchange (Perp DEX) has directly integrated an external, market-tested yield source into its live collateral without interrupting trading operations.
By integrating Aave as the first use case, Grvt traders can earn the protocol’s native yield on their collateral while managing their positions. The annualized yield can reach up to 11%, based on real-time on-chain conditions.
The Composable Yield Revolution in On-Chain Perpetual Trading
Under traditional models, the collateral deposited by perpetual contract traders typically remains idle, used solely to meet margin requirements. Grvt’s composability-powered yield engine, ONE Balance, aims to break this inefficiency by connecting collateral to external on-chain yield sources, enabling it to “work harder” while supporting trading operations.
This means that eligible assets can generate base yield while serving as collateral for opening positions. Users don’t have to choose between "risk exposure" and "capital yield"—they can achieve both through a single account balance.
As the world’s largest and most trusted decentralized lending network, Aave provides the deepest liquidity and enterprise-grade security for this integration. Additionally, TokenLogic, a leading financial architect within the Aave ecosystem, has been deeply involved in optimizing backend capital deployment to maximize capital efficiency without increasing operational complexity.
For Grvt, Aave provides a strategic foundation for the company’s roadmap, with “Productive Margin” as a core principle to support its vision of delivering a complete, modern fintech trading experience on public blockchains.
This partnership not only extends Aave’s reach to a broader new user base but also sets a new institutional standard for collateral management on DeFi-native platforms that prioritize transparency and capital efficiency.
Deep integration with the Aave protocol
Through native integration with Aave, Grvt unlocks a new pathway for collateral yield by directly accessing Aave’s deep and sustainable lending market, ensuring users’ earnings align with real-time market rates. Aave’s rates have become the industry standard, and Grvt’s initiative effectively eliminates the opportunity cost of idle user funds.
From the user’s perspective, the goal is straightforward: deposit collateral into Grvt for trading, and that asset will automatically generate yield through Aave without interfering with open positions under normal operating conditions.
Alongside integrating Aave, Grvt has launched a redesigned mobile trading app, focusing on faster navigation, clearer portfolio visibility, and enhanced risk controls. This update aims to make it easier for users to monitor positions and manage orders on their phones during active market conditions.
“Most platforms focus only on one dimension of capital: utility. By listing more markets, they give you more places to deploy your funds,” said Hong, CEO of Grvt. “We focus on the second, equally critical dimension: productivity. By directly embedding Aave’s interest-bearing infrastructure into our trading engine, we fundamentally increase the intrinsic value of every dollar deposited on Grvt.”
Stablecoins that don’t earn yield represent an opportunity cost for traders. Aave has the deepest liquidity and most stable interest rates in DeFi, and its yields have become the industry benchmark. This integration allows Grvt users to earn yield on their collateral while trading—a major leap in capital efficiency. We’re thrilled to see Grvt integrate Aave for the benefit of its users,” said Stani Kulechov, Founder and CEO of Aave Labs.
Grvt is committed to providing traders with trustless, protocol-level integrations that unlock the power of DeFi composability. The system automatically manages yields within pre-defined rules, and all operations are recorded on-chain for users to view and verify at any time.
Future Outlook
Looking ahead, the most compelling vision for fintech is not a refined version of today’s systems, but a full migration to verifiable on-chain rails. Underlying infrastructure represented by the ZKsync protocol stack enables systems to support internet-scale transaction throughput; DeFi protocols like Aave demonstrate that yield and credit markets can combine transparency with institutional-grade standards; and platforms like Grvt bridge these capabilities into a single, intuitive experience. Together, they point toward a financial ecosystem where capital need not sit idle, trading and earning are native behaviors, and self-custody is the default—not the exception. This is the architecture of modern fintech.
About Grvt
Grvt is committed to building a trading platform that creates wealth for you. Starting with a highly capital-efficient perpetuals DEX, Grvt enables traders to earn yield on their collateral while staying actively engaged in trading, and rewards liquidity providers with maker rebates. Powered by the ZKsync protocol stack, Grvt combines Ethereum’s deep liquidity with the speed and low cost of ZK-rollups, delivering an institutional-grade trading experience without compromising DeFi’s self-custody and transparency. Its vision is to create a fully on-chain brokerage platform that unifies trading, earning, and investing through a “One Balance” model, making every dollar productive by default.
About the Aave protocol
Aave is a decentralized, non-custodial liquidity protocol where users can participate as lenders or borrowers. Lenders provide liquidity to the market and earn interest, while borrowers can access liquidity by posting collateral worth more than the borrowed amount. Aave also supports GHO, a decentralized over-collateralized stablecoin designed to offer transparent, on-chain stable liquidity. Aave currently holds approximately 60% of the DeFi lending market share, with net deposits exceeding $40 billion, making it the leading on-chain liquidity layer. For more information, visit Aave.com.
Disclaimer: Cryptocurrencies and digital assets carry extremely high risk. This content does not constitute an offer, solicitation, or legal statement of any financial service. Grvt is an unregulated entity, and your funds are not protected by regulatory safeguards. Before making any decisions, seek professional financial and legal advice and carefully review Grvt’s full risk disclosure.
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