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Aave Labs launches Horizon to expand decentralized lending success to institutional users

Aave Labs launches Horizon to expand decentralized lending success to institutional users

CryptopolitanCryptopolitan2025/08/27 23:45
By:By Hannah Collymore

Share link:In this post: Horizon, Aave Labs’ new lending platform, is meant to enable institutions to borrow stablecoins against tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). Chainlink SmartData powers transparency with real-time NAV reporting and Proof of Reserves feeds. Major partners like Circle, VanEck, Securitize, Superstate, Centrifuge, WisdomTree, and Hamilton Lane are on board at launch.

Aave Labs has unveiled Horizon, a new institutional lending platform that enables stablecoin borrowing against tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). 

The platform has been touted as a milestone in the ongoing effort to connect decentralized finance (DeFi) with the infrastructure and rules of traditional markets, as it opens the door for institutional investors to easily access on-chain liquidity while still being compliant with regulatory standards.

Horizon combines the compliance needs of regulated institutions with the open, composable infrastructure of Aave’s decentralized protocols.

According to Aave Labs , institutions will be able to borrow stablecoins such as USDC, GHO, and Ripple Labs’ RLUSD against RWAs, including tokenized Treasuries, corporate bonds, and collateralized loan obligations. The platform operates on a permissioned instance of Aave V3, ensuring issuers comply with regulatory checks while preserving composability in stablecoin lending markets.

Horizon combines compliance with composability

Horizon balances two worlds that rarely meet. On one hand, collateral must come from issuers who clear regulatory checks, ensuring that the assets being posted are compliant. On the other hand, the borrowing side remains permissionless, so stablecoin markets like its stablecoin GHO, USDC, and Ripple Labs’ RLUSD can remain open and composable with the rest of DeFi.

That hybrid structure is what Aave Labs believes will unlock institutional confidence.

Horizon also integrates Chainlink’s SmartData infrastructure, such as the Onchain Net Asset Value (NAV) reporting and Proof of Reserves feeds, to continuously verify the value and collateralization of tokenized assets.

Aave Labs has big-name partners lined up

Aave didn’t launch Horizon in isolation. It arrives with a roster of well-known financial institutions and tokenization players already signed on. Partners include Circle, VanEck, Securitize, Superstate, Centrifuge, WisdomTree, and Hamilton Lane, among others.

On day one, Horizon will support tokenized assets like Superstate’s USTB and USCC Treasury funds, Circle’s USYC short-duration yield fund, Centrifuge’s JAAA and JTRSY loan tokens, and VanEck’s VBILL Treasury bills.

These aren’t fringe experiments; they’re some of the most credible efforts to bring U.S. Treasuries and other traditional fixed-income products on-chain.

More capital into the $25B RWA market

More than $25 billion worth of tokenized RWAs are already circulating on public blockchains. But most of that capital is kept in legacy structures, with Ethereum accounting for a sizeable chunk of the market.

Horizon changes that dynamic by turning tokenized Treasuries and similar products into active collateral for stablecoin borrowing. That move doesn’t just expand liquidity in DeFi markets; it also creates new revenue streams for the Aave DAO, which governs the Aave ecosystem.

For DeFi, the potential is significant. If tokenized RWAs become reliable collateral, it could deepen on-chain liquidity pools, reduce reliance on volatile crypto-native assets, and accelerate adoption by institutions that have so far hesitated.

“Horizon is a very exciting new chapter in Aave’s development and really shows the next stage of the DeFi industry,” said Sergey Nazarov, co-founder of Chainlink. “We are very excited to be a key partner for Aave’s Horizon plan and are looking forward to enabling it to be highly secure, reliable, and connected to leading financial institutions.”

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