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Aave Labs Launches Horizon, an Institutional RWA Lending Market on Ethereum

The platform combines issuer‑permissioned collateral with open stablecoin liquidity to convert tokenized assets into borrowable capital for qualified firms.

Overview

  • Institutional borrowers can post tokenized securities, including U.S. Treasuries and CLOs, to access stablecoins USDC, RLUSD, and GHO with predictable liquidity.
  • Chainlink’s NAVLink supplies real‑time net asset values for tokenized funds to support automated, overcollateralized lending and continuous collateral monitoring.
  • Horizon runs on a permissioned version of Aave V3 with a non‑custodial design, while issuers and stablecoin providers manage compliance and participant whitelisting.
  • Risk oversight is provided by third parties such as Llama Risk and Chaos Labs, and stablecoin pools remain permissionless to preserve DeFi composability.
  • Launch integrations span Circle, Chainlink, Centrifuge, Superstate, VanEck, WisdomTree, Ethena, Securitize, Hamilton Lane, and Ripple’s RLUSD, with Aave positioning the market to unlock roughly $25–$26 billion in on‑chain RWAs.