DeFi and Liquidity-Pool Yields on Avalanche
Avalanche is a fast EVM Layer 1 with established DEX and lending markets. DeFi yields on the C-Chain generally come from trading fees, borrowing interest, protocol incentives, and staking-derived rewards. Liquidity providers can mix these sources through pools, lending loops, and vaults.
The main venues include automated market makers (constant-product and concentrated/liquidity-bin designs), stable swap pools for correlated assets, lending protocols for supply/borrow yield, and liquid staking of AVAX that can be paired in LPs. Some perpetuals exchanges also share fee revenue with liquidity providers. Auto-compounding vaults exist to reinvest rewards on-chain.
What to watch: network and gas costs on Avalanche, pool fee tiers and actual trading volume, impermanent loss from price moves or correlation breaks, range or bin management overhead, borrow-rate variability and liquidation risk, oracle and smart contract risk, and the sustainability of token incentives as emissions or governance change. Bridging and wrapping can add slippage and custodial risk.
Compared with Solana, Avalanche benefits from mature EVM tooling and broad wallet/app compatibility. For cost-sensitive LPs, however, Solana’s lower fees and faster finality make frequent rebalancing and high-cadence auto-compounding more economical, especially for smaller positions. On Avalanche, optimal compounding or re-range frequency often needs to account for gas and network conditions.
Top protocols on Avalanche
Top Avalanche pools by TVL
| Pool | Protocol | Type | TVL | APY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUIDLStable The BUIDL pool on blackrock-buidl (Avalanche) offers single-asset stablecoin staking with an APY of approximately 3.5% and a total value locked of around $624.8M. | Blackrock Buidl ↗ | Staking | $624.81M | 3.5% |
| USDCStable This position involves staking USDC on the Centrifuge protocol on Avalanche, offering an APY of approximately 3.7% with no impermanent loss risk. | Centrifuge Protocol ↗ | Staking | $258.78M | 3.7% |
| SAVAX The SAVAX lending position on benqi-staked-avax in Avalanche offers an APY of approximately 5.0% with a total value locked of around $255.9 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Benqi Staked Avax ↗ | Lending | $255.89M | 5.0% |
| BTC.B The BTC.B lending position on Aave V3 (Avalanche) has an APY of approximately 0.0%, a total value locked of about $127.6 million, and no impermanent loss risk. | Aave V3 ↗ | Lending | $127.63M | 0.0% |
| WAVAX The WAVAX lending position on Aave V3 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 1.1% with a total value locked of around $95.6 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Aave V3 ↗ | Lending | $95.56M | 1.1% |
| SAVAX The SAVAX lending position on Benqi Lending (Avalanche) has an approximate APY of 0.0%, a total value locked of about $92.9 million, and no impermanent loss risk. | Benqi Lending ↗ | Lending | $92.87M | 0.0% |
| SAVAX The SAVAX lending position on Aave V3 (Avalanche) has an approximate APY of 0.0%, a total value locked of $90.7 million, and no impermanent loss risk. | Aave V3 ↗ | Lending | $90.73M | — |
| SAVUSDStable The SAVUSD staking position on avant-avusd (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 8.5% with a total value locked of around $76.0M and no impermanent loss risk. | Avant Avusd ↗ | Staking | $75.97M | 8.5% |
| USDCStable The USDC lending position on Spark Savings (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 3.6% with a total value locked of around $28.2 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Spark Savings ↗ | Lending | $28.23M | 3.6% |
| GGAVAX The GGAVAX staking position on Hypha (Avalanche) offers an approximate 5.0% APY with a total value locked of around $15.0 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Hypha ↗ | Staking | $15.02M | 5.0% |
| USDT-USDCStable The USDT-USDC pool on pharaoh-v3 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 0.9% with a total value locked of around $11.0M and no impermanent loss risk. | Pharaoh V3 ↗ | Other | $10.97M | 0.9% |
| LCPEDU-USDT The LCPEDU-USDT pool on Joe V2.2 (Avalanche) has a total value locked of approximately $10.2M, with an APY of around 0.0% and impermanent loss risk. | Joe V2.2 ↗ | Other | $10.24M | — |
| USDT-USDCStable The USDT-USDC pool on blackhole-clmm (Avalanche) offers a stablecoin yield position with an APY of approximately 6.2% and a total value locked of around $9.1M. | Blackhole Clmm ↗ | Other | $9.11M | 6.2% |
| TAVAX The TAVAX single-asset staking position on Treehouse Protocol (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 5.3% with a total value locked of around $8.2 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Treehouse Protocol ↗ | Staking | $8.19M | 5.3% |
| USDCStable The position involves lending USDC on Aave V3 on Avalanche, offering an APY of approximately 4.5% with a total value locked of around $6.7 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Aave V3 ↗ | Lending | $6.7M | 4.5% |
| ACRED The ACRED staking position on the Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund in Avalanche has a total value locked of approximately $6.3M and an APY of 0.0%. | Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund ↗ | Staking | $6.33M | — |
| WAVAX-USDC The WAVAX-USDC pool on pharaoh-v3 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 203.7% with a TVL of around $6.3M and carries impermanent-loss risk. | Pharaoh V3 ↗ | Other | $6.27M | — |
| SAVBTC The SAVBTC staking position on avant-avbtc (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 4.5% with a total value locked of around $6.0 million and no impermanent-loss risk. | Avant Avbtc ↗ | Staking | $6.04M | 4.5% |
| WETH.E The WETH.E lending position on Aave V3 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 1.5% with a total value locked of around $5.5 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Aave V3 ↗ | Lending | $5.45M | 1.5% |
| BTC.B The BTC.B lending position on Benqi Lending (Avalanche) offers a 1.2% APY with a total value locked of approximately $5.4 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Benqi Lending ↗ | Lending | $5.45M | 1.2% |
| AVAX-USDC The AVAX-USDC yield position on GMX v2 Perps has an APY of approximately 9.2%, a total value locked of around $5.0M, and carries impermanent loss risk. | Gmx V2 Perps ↗ | Other | $5.03M | 9.2% |
| AUSD-USDCStable The AUSD-USDC pool on joe-v2.2 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 12.6% with a total value locked of around $4.6 million and no impermanent-loss risk. | Joe V2.2 ↗ | Other | $4.64M | 12.6% |
| AVAX The AVAX lending position on Benqi offers a single-asset APY of approximately 1.8% with a total value locked of around $4.3 million and no impermanent-loss risk. | Benqi Lending ↗ | Lending | $4.27M | 1.8% |
| WAVAX-USDC The WAVAX-USDC yield position on joe-v2.2 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 134.5% with a total value locked of around $4.1M and carries impermanent loss risk. | Joe V2.2 ↗ | Other | $4.1M | — |
| WAVAX-USDC The WAVAX-USDC liquidity pool on Uniswap V3 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 14.1% with a total value locked of around $3.6M and carries impermanent loss risk. | Uniswap V3 ↗ | DEX / LP | $3.6M | — |
| AUSD-USDTStable The AUSD-USDT pool on Joe V2.2 (Avalanche) offers a stablecoin yield position with an APY of approximately 16.4% and a total value locked of around $3.4 million. | Joe V2.2 ↗ | Other | $3.42M | 16.4% |
| SAVAX The SAVAX staking position on cian-yield-layer offers an APY of approximately 9.4% with a total value locked of around $3.1 million and no impermanent-loss risk. | Cian Yield Layer ↗ | Staking | $3.09M | 9.4% |
| USDCStable This position involves lending USDC on Benqi Lending on the Avalanche network, offering an APY of approximately 5.2% with no impermanent loss risk. | Benqi Lending ↗ | Lending | $2.98M | 5.2% |
| USDCStable The USDC lending position on Euler V2 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 0.2% with a total value locked of around $2.9M and no impermanent loss risk. | Euler V2 ↗ | Lending | $2.89M | 0.2% |
| WETH.E-WAVAX The WETH.E-WAVAX pool on pharaoh-v3 (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 18.7% with a total value locked of around $2.8 million and carries impermanent loss risk. | Pharaoh V3 ↗ | Other | $2.76M | 18.7% |
| USDTStable The position involves lending USDT on Aave V3 on the Avalanche network with an APY of approximately 4.9%, a TVL of about $2.5M, and no impermanent loss risk. | Aave V3 ↗ | Lending | $2.52M | 4.9% |
| SAVUSDStable The SAVUSD staking position on Folks Finance XChain (Avalanche) offers a stablecoin single-asset option with an APY of approximately 0.0% and a TVL of around $2.5M, with no impermanent loss risk. | Folks Finance Xchain ↗ | Staking | $2.5M | — |
| WAVAX-USDC The WAVAX-USDC pool on blackhole-clmm offers an APY of approximately 8280.9% with a total value locked of around $2.5M and carries impermanent-loss risk. | Blackhole Clmm ↗ | Other | $2.47M | — |
| SUSDE-USDCStable The SUSDE-USDC pool on Blackhole-CLMM (Avalanche) has a total value locked of approximately $2.3M, with an annual percentage yield of around 0.0% and no impermanent loss risk. | Blackhole Clmm ↗ | Other | $2.26M | — |
| BTC.B-WAVAX The BTC.B-WAVAX pool on Pharaoh V3 is a multi-asset DeFi yield position with an APY of approximately 17.2%, a TVL of about $2.2M, and impermanent-loss risk. | Pharaoh V3 ↗ | Other | $2.22M | 17.2% |
| BTC.B-WAVAX The BTC.B-WAVAX pool on blackhole-clmm is a multi-asset DeFi yield position with an APY of approximately 170.5% and a total value locked of around $2.1M, with impermanent loss risk. | Blackhole Clmm ↗ | Other | $2.06M | — |
| WETH.E The WETH.E lending position on Benqi Lending (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 1.2% with a total value locked of around $2.0 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Benqi Lending ↗ | Lending | $1.98M | 1.2% |
| AIAVAX The AIAVAX staking position on yield-yak-aggregator has a TVL of approximately $1.8M, with an APY of around 0.0% and no impermanent-loss risk. | Yield Yak Aggregator ↗ | Staking | $1.8M | — |
| SAVBTC The SAVBTC lending position on silo-v2 (Avalanche) has an APY of approximately 0.0%, a TVL of around $1.8M, and no impermanent-loss risk. | Silo V2 ↗ | Lending | $1.78M | — |
| ETH-USDC The ETH-USDC yield position on gmx-v2-perps (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 6.6% with a total value locked of around $1.7M and carries impermanent loss risk. | Gmx V2 Perps ↗ | Other | $1.71M | 6.6% |
| WBTC.E The WBTC.E lending position on Benqi Lending (Avalanche) offers a 0.0% APY with a total value locked of approximately $1.7 million and no impermanent loss risk. | Benqi Lending ↗ | Lending | $1.69M | 0.0% |
| AVAX-RUNE The AVAX-RUNE pool on Thorchain DEX has a total value locked of approximately $1.6M, with an APY of around 0.0% and impermanent loss risk. | Thorchain Dex ↗ | Other | $1.56M | — |
| STAVAX-WAVAX The STAVAX-WAVAX pool on pharaoh-v3 (Avalanche) offers a 223.8% APY with a total value locked of approximately $1.5M and no impermanent loss risk. | Pharaoh V3 ↗ | Other | $1.46M | — |
| SAVAX The SAVAX single-asset staking position on cian-yield-layer offers an APY of approximately 6.3% with a total value locked of around $1.4 million and no impermanent-loss risk. | Cian Yield Layer ↗ | Staking | $1.45M | 6.3% |
| SOLVBTC The SOLVBTC staking position on folks-finance-xchain has a total value locked of approximately $1.4 million, with an APY of around 0.0% and no impermanent loss risk. | Folks Finance Xchain ↗ | Staking | $1.36M | — |
| AVDAI-AVUSDC-AVUSDTStable The AVDAI-AVUSDC-AVUSDT pool on Curve Finance (Avalanche) offers a stablecoin multi-asset yield position with an APY of approximately 1.3% and a TVL of around $1.4M. | Curve Dex ↗ | DEX / LP | $1.35M | — |
| SUSDPStable The SUSDP staking position on parallel-protocol-v3 (Avalanche) offers a stablecoin yield with an APY of approximately 6.0% and a total value locked of about $1.4M. | Parallel Protocol V3 ↗ | Staking | $1.35M | 6.0% |
| BTC-USDC The BTC-USDC yield position on GMX v2 Perpetuals (Avalanche) offers an APY of approximately 8.6% with a total value locked of about $1.3 million and carries impermanent loss risk. | Gmx V2 Perps ↗ | Other | $1.32M | 8.6% |
| WETH.E-WAVAX The WETH.E-WAVAX pool on Blackhole-CLMM offers a multi-asset yield position with an APY of approximately 165.1% and a total value locked of around $1.3 million, with impermanent loss risk. | Blackhole Clmm ↗ | Other | $1.27M | — |
| AUSDStable The AUSD lending position on euler-v2 (Avalanche) offers a stablecoin yield of approximately 0.2% APY with a total value locked of around $1.3M and no impermanent loss risk. | Euler V2 ↗ | Lending | $1.26M | 0.2% |
Earning on Avalanche? Compare with Solana.
On Solana, fees are a fraction of a cent — so yields compound instead of leaking to gas. WealthVille auto-compounds AI-ranked pools in non-custodial vaults.
Frequently asked questions
Which pool designs on Avalanche most influence LP yield and risk?
Constant-product AMMs tend to earn from steady flow across wider price ranges but face more impermanent loss during large moves. Concentrated or bin-based designs focus liquidity into ranges for higher fee density when price trades inside the band, but require active management and incur gas when re-ranging. Stable swap pools reduce price slippage for correlated assets, usually lowering IL but making yield more dependent on sustained volume and chosen fee tier.
How do lending and liquid staking fit into Avalanche yield strategies?
Lending protocols pay supply interest and enable borrow-based loops that can amplify exposure and fees from LP positions. Liquid-staked AVAX tokens add a staking-derived component that can be paired in pools or posted as collateral. These stacks introduce variable borrow costs, liquidation risk if collateral values move, and potential depeg risk for wrapped or staked assets, so position sizing and monitoring matter.
What costs and risks should I factor in on Avalanche, and how does this compare to Solana?
On Avalanche, consider gas for approvals, adding/removing liquidity, harvesting, compounding, and re-ranging; pool fee tiers versus realized volume; price impact and slippage; smart contract and oracle risk; and the durability of token incentives. Bridging adds fees and counterparty considerations. Relative to Solana, fees are higher, so very frequent adjustments and compounding can be less economical on small positions. Solana’s lower costs and fast finality make high-cadence auto-compounding and granular rebalancing more accessible, while Avalanche benefits from familiar EVM tooling and broad app compatibility.
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