Stani Kulechov on Aave V4, Avalanche, and why RWAs will hit $100 billion this year

<p><strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em>Episode 17 of Layer One, hosted by The Block's Kelvin Sparks and Ava Labs President John Wu, was recorded with Aave Labs Founder Stani Kulechov.</em></span></strong></p>

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<p data-start="270" data-end="506" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">In Episode 17 of Layer One, The Block’s Kelvin Sparks and Ava Labs President John Wu were joined by Aave Labs Founder Stani Kulechov, who explained how the protocol that processed over $3 trillion in deposits is pointing its infrastructure at tokenized real-world assets — starting with Aave V4's first non-Ethereum deployment on Avalanche and the Horizon securities market.