YieldTruth · aave-v3 · Ethereum · as of 2026-07-01 05:18 UTC
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Is the USDC yield on aave-v3 real?

About 26% of this 14.6% APY is decaying token emissions. The real staking / lending yield is ~10.9%. It is single-asset, so there is no impermanent loss to drag you below holding.

REAL 74%
EMISSIONS 26%

Real fee/staking yield: 10.9% · token emissions: 26% of the headline.

👜 Would you be better off just holding?

No impermanent loss here, so you keep the same price exposure either way. The honest number is the ~10.9% of real yield — the rest is fading emissions, not income.

Headline APY
14.6%
Real yield (fees)
10.9%
TVL
$61M
Impermanent-loss risk
none (single-asset)
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Source: DefiLlama. Verdict is a heuristic over public data, not financial advice.

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