YieldTruth · aave-v3 · Monad · as of 2026-08-29 07:33 UTC
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Is the WETH yield on aave-v3 real?

About 48% of this 2.74% APY is decaying token emissions. The real staking / lending yield is ~1.43%. It is single-asset, so there is no impermanent loss to drag you below holding.

REAL 52%
EMISSIONS 48%

Real fee/staking yield: 1.43% · token emissions: 48% 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 ~1.43% of real yield — the rest is fading emissions, not income.

Headline APY
2.74%
Real yield (fees)
1.43%
TVL
$2.6M
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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