Aave V4 Launches Equities Hub for Tokenized Stock Collateral
- Aave V4 on Base has launched an Equities Hub allowing non-U.S. users to use tokenized U.S. stocks as collateral.
- Seven stocks are supported at launch, including Apple, Amazon, and Tesla.
- These tokenized equities are issued by Coinbase Onchain SPV Ltd., with underlying shares held at Alpaca Securities.
- The platform uses Chainlink market data for pricing the collateral.
- USDC is the only borrowable asset at launch, with no stock-against-stock borrowing positions allowed.
The launch of Aave’s Equities Hub marks a significant step in connecting DeFi with traditional financial portfolios by allowing tokenized stocks to be used as collateral for loans onchain.
This development enables investors to leverage their tokenized equity exposure without selling them, reflecting a familiar practice from conventional brokerage but now available in the DeFi space. Source
