Aave founder downplays Kamino amid discussion with key Solana figures

by CryptoExpert
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The founder of Aave downplayed Solanaโ€™s Kamino during an argument with the president of the Solana Foundation and the co-founder of Solana Labs about decentralized money markets on X.

Alex Svanevik, founder of Nansen, questioned the absence of Aave on Solana, which currently boasts Kamino as its largest money market protocol.

According to DefiLlama data, Aave is available in 13 blockchains as of press time and has amassed nearly $19.6 billion in total value locked (TVL).

Kyle Samani, partner at venture capital fund Multicoin Capital, commented Kamino, which is also a money market.ย 

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Svanevik replied that Aaveโ€™s TVL is nearly 10x larger than Kaminoโ€™s, and users would prefer the former if they could use it on Solana. Kamino is the third-largest application on Solana, with over $2.3 billion in TVL.

Lily Liu, president of the Solana Foundation, said:

โ€œBut kamino is a better product

Plus metrics today are not metrics tomorrow.โ€

Considering her role as one of the most important figures in the Solana ecosystem, Liuโ€™s reply offended some enthusiasts.

Mats Olsen, co-founder of Dune, suggested that opening Solana to Aave would be more appropriate than comparing applications. Svanevik agreed with Olsenโ€™s reply.

Stani Kulechov, founder of Aaveโ€™s mother group Avara, commented on Liuโ€™s response:

โ€œThe state of Solana DeFi:

โ€“ Copycat Aaveโ€™s old tech

โ€“ Slap a half baked UI

โ€“ Restrict also UK users from using it

โ€“ Solana foundation president calls it a better product

Expect people to buy the bluff.โ€

Liu explained her potential bias as the Solana Foundation cheers for โ€œhomegrownโ€ applications. She also called Kulechovโ€™s answer an โ€œoutburstโ€ to his followers.

Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, joined the discussion comparing the applicationsโ€™ revenue instead of TVL.ย 

Although Aave has over eight times Kaminoโ€™s TVL, the Solana-based money market registered $52 million in annualized revenue compared to Aaveโ€™s $126.3 million.ย 

Yakovenko added:

โ€œTVL is a cost of you canโ€™t squeeze revenue out of it.โ€

Kulechov stated that the revenue difference occurs because Kamino takes a โ€œbigger cutโ€ from usersโ€™ fees. He compared the USD Coin (USDC) Reserve Factor of both platforms, with Kamino taking 5% more than Aave.

The Aave founder added:

โ€œI guess there isnโ€™t enough competition yet on Solana and users are paying price for that.โ€

While Aave has the largest liquidity in the money market sector, recently processing $210 million in liquidations after the Feb. 2 crash, Kamino added tools to its interface to help us leverage their borrowing positions.

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