Gravit Finance teams up with Aave to introduce the industry's first composable yield perpetual contract DEX, ushering in the era of "Funds Legos" trading.

2026-02-26 15:30

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Through deep integration of Aave’s institutional-grade yields and ZKsync interoperability, Grvt creates a seamless "all-in-one" experience for trading and yield, ensuring that every cent of capital is always working.

The world's first privacy-focused decentralized exchange platform Grvt, based on the ZKsync protocol stack and featuring an independent ZK Appchain, announced today that it has officially integrated Aave. This integration will bring Composable Yield to perpetual futures collateral, marking a milestone in Grvt's journey from a simple smart contract platform to a comprehensive, modernized financial technology trading experience.

This innovative experience is powered by Grvt's proprietary margin overlay yield engine, ONE Balance. Under normal operating conditions, this engine, while maintaining full on-chain and trustless operation, has reshaped the collateral's functioning logic: users can actively maintain their positions while their eligible collateral simultaneously earns dynamic yield.

According to Grvt's internal research as of February 2026, this is the first time in the industry that a decentralized perpetual contract exchange (Perp DEX) has embedded an external, market-proven revenue source directly into released collateral while maintaining real-time trading.

By selecting Aave as the first integration scenario, Grvt traders can directly earn protocol-native yield on collateral while managing their positions. Depending on the real-time on-chain conditions, the annualized yield can reach up to 11%.

The Revolution of On-Chain Perpetual Trading's Composable Yield

In the traditional model, collateral deposited by perpetual contract traders is usually in a "parked on standby" state, only used to meet margin requirements. Grvt's Composable Yield model achieved through the ONE Balance engine aims to disrupt this inefficient use of funds. It connects collateral to an external on-chain revenue source, allowing it to "work harder" while supporting trading operations.

This means that eligible assets can earn base yield while serving as opening protection. Users no longer need to choose between "risk exposure" and "fund yield" but 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 defense-grade security for this integration. Additionally, TokenLogic, a top financial architecture firm within the Aave ecosystem, is deeply involved, optimizing backend fund deployment to maximize capital efficiency without adding operational complexity.

For Grvt, Aave lays a strategic foundation for the company's roadmap, taking "Productive Margin" as a core principle to support the company's vision of achieving a complete, modern financial technology trading experience on public blockchains.

This collaboration not only extends Aave's reach to a broader new user base but also sets a new benchmark for institutional-grade collateral operations on a DeFi-native trading platform that pursues transparency and capital efficiency.

Deep Integration with the Aave Protocol

Through a native integration with Aave, Grvt has paved a new path for collateral yield by directly tapping into Aave's deep and sustainable lending market. This ensures that user yields are synchronized with real-time market rates. Aave's rates have now become an industry standard, and Grvt's move effectively eliminates the opportunity cost of idle user funds.

From a user perspective, the goal is very straightforward: deposit collateral into Grvt for trading, and the asset will automatically earn yield through Aave without disturbing existing positions under normal operating conditions.

Alongside the Aave integration, Grvt has also launched a redesigned mobile trading app, focusing on improved navigation speed, clearer portfolio visibility, and enhanced risk controls. This update aims to make it easier for users to monitor positions and manage orders on the go in active market conditions.

"Most platforms focus on one dimension of capital: utility. By listing more markets, they give you more places to put your money," said Grvt CEO Hong. "We focus on the equally critical second dimension: productivity. By embedding Aave's interest-bearing infrastructure directly into our trading engine, we fundamentally increase the intrinsic value of every dollar deposited in Grvt."

"For traders, holding a stablecoin that does not earn yield represents an opportunity cost. Aave has the deepest liquidity and most stable rates in DeFi, with its yield becoming an industry benchmark. This integration allows Grvt users to earn collateral yield while trading, marking a significant leap in capital efficiency. We are excited 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 a trustless, protocol-level integration solution, unleashing the composability of DeFi. The system automatically manages yields within predefined rule sets, and all transaction records are publicly available on-chain for users to view and verify at any time.

Future Outlook

Looking ahead, the most compelling vision in financial technology is not a mere refinement of today's systems but a comprehensive migration to a verifiable on-chain trajectory. Foundational infrastructure represented by the ZKsync protocol stack enables systems to support internet-scale transaction throughput; DeFi protocols like Aave have demonstrated that yield and credit markets can combine transparency with institutional-grade standards; platforms like Grvt bridge these features into a unified, intuitive experience. Together, they point to a financial ecosystem where capital does not need to remain idle, where trading and earning are native behaviors, and where self-custody is the default rather than the exception. This is the architecture of modern financial technology.

About Grvt

Grvt is committed to building a "Wealth Generation for You" trading platform. Starting with a capital-efficient perpetual contract DEX, Grvt allows traders to earn collateral yield while engaging in active trading, rewards liquidity providers with Maker Rebates, and, with the support of the ZKsync protocol stack, combines Ethereum's deep liquidity with ZK-rollup's speed and low cost to provide an institutional-grade trading experience without sacrificing DeFi's self-custody and transparency. Its vision is to establish a full-stack brokerage platform that consolidates trading, earning, and investing through "One Balance," making every dollar productive by default.

About 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 obtain liquidity by providing collateral worth more than the borrowed amount. Aave also supports GHO, a decentralized overcollateralized stablecoin designed to offer transparent, on-chain stable liquidity. Aave currently holds about 60% of the DeFi lending market share, with over $40 billion in net deposits, making it a leading on-chain liquidity layer. For more information, please visit Aave.com.

Disclaimer: Cryptocurrency and digital assets are highly risky. This content does not constitute a solicitation, offer, or legal advice for any financial service. Grvt is an unregulated entity, and your funds are not protected by regulations. Before making any decisions, please seek professional financial and legal advice and carefully read Grvt's full risk disclosure.