Aave and Pendle may have found a way to keep yield capital from ever leaving DeFi
Aave is approaching a $67 million collateral rollover as one of its fastest-growing fixed-yield trades reaches maturity. Related Asset Aave #39 AAVE · $181.02 24-hour change: down 0.79% Loading price history… 24H Down 0.79% 7D Up 6.11% 30D Up 35.61% About 67.4 million PT-AUSD-8OCT2026 tokens were supplied as collateral on Aave V3s Monad market as of Oct. 2, according to risk adviser LlamaRisk. The Pendle principal tokens mature Oct. 8, when each becomes redeemable for one AUSD and its fixed-yield appreciation ends. A replacement is already being prepared. Pendle deployed a Dec. 17 AUSD principal-token market last month, and TokenLogic has proposed listing it on Aave so borrowers can move into the next maturity without giving up the collateral utility that helped the October market expand. Related Asset AUSD AUSD · Stablecoin The timing coincides with accelerating demand for AUSD credit on Monad. On Oct. 3, TokenLogic said active AUSD loans on Aave jumped 113% to $8.7 million from $4.1 million in 15 days, while user deposits more than doubled to $11.2 million. Related Asset Monad MON · $0.03 24-hour change: down 7.49% That creates an emerging cycle between Pendle‘s fixed-yield markets and Aave’s lending infrastructure. Investors can lock in a return through PT-AUSD, use the position









