Mantle and Aave TVL Surpasses $1 Billion, DeFi News Ecosystem Sees Short-Term Surge

According to a March 2nd announcement, the Total Value Locked (TVL) in Mantle's decentralized finance (DeFi News) ecosystem has grown by 66% in just one week, successfully breaking through the $1 billion mark. This growth is mainly attributed to an initial capital injection of $800 million last Friday, coupled with over $200 million in natural inflows over the weekend, achieving an upward trend even amidst increased overall market volatility. This leap marks a crucial point in Mantle's months-long capital accumulation since the end of last year. Data shows that Mantle's DeFi News TVL was approximately $333 million by the end of 2025, climbing to the $445 million to $543 million range by late February. The core driver of this growth is the official launch of Aave V3 on the Mantle network on February 11th, coupled with its community treasury's long-term incentive plan of over $4 billion. Aave's deployment quickly became a liquidity hub, contributing approximately 40% of Mantle's total TVL within days, with USDT and wETH as the dominant assets, forming a strong capital aggregation effect. As inter-protocol synergy deepens, Mantle is gradually building a stable DeFi News ecosystem framework with Aave as the pillar and community incentives as the engine.