DeFi Credit Infrastructure through Aave Protocol Study — Week 1|Day 5 Most people hold crypto. Very few people understand that their crypto can actually work for them. Now that we understand the system, let’s explore what it enables. On Aave Protocol, you don’t just hold assets and wait. When you deposit, your assets are supplied into liquidity pools and become available for others to borrow. That is where yield comes from. Borrowers pay interest, and as a depositor, you earn from that activity. What makes it even more interesting is how it happens. When you deposit, you receive aTokens. These represent your position and they grow over time as interest accrues automatically. So your assets are not just sitting in a wallet. They are actively participating in a system. On Aave, your assets become part of a global liquidity engine. Which leads to the next question. What if you don’t want to sell your assets, but still need access to liquidity?
