Evolve

Description sourced from DeFiLlama's protocol metadata; teams submit their own copy when listing.

Major events flagged by the DeFiLlama community — protocol launches, exploits, governance changes, and incentive programs.

1. Oct 28, 2022
   Listed on DeFiLlama

Evolve is a Lending protocol that lets users supply assets as collateral, borrow against them, and earn interest from borrowers paying variable or stable rates. It is deployed on Cronos. The codebase has been independently audited (2 reports on file).

Evolve is a single-chain protocol, deployed exclusively on Cronos — this concentrates execution risk but simplifies the trust model. Price feeds come from a single oracle provider (TWAP); an outage or manipulation of that feed would propagate into every market the protocol prices. Two audit reports are published on DeFiLlama, which is in line with typical practice for protocols at this scale.

Verified external resources for Evolve — use these to read the source code, follow governance discussions, or cross-check on-chain data against the original team's channels.

Evolve is one of 7 Lending protocols Mantapex tracks in this category. Direct peers ranked by total value locked include Aave V3, Morpho V1, JustLend, and 3 more. These peer protocols collectively secure $43.4B in deposits, giving you a frame of reference for whether Evolve's own TVL is at the top, middle, or tail of the category.

Aave V3

TVL $26.2B · 24h +0.16%

Morpho V1

TVL $7B · 24h +0.57%

JustLend

TVL $3.4B · 24h +1.86%

Maple

TVL $2.4B · 24h -1.17%

SparkLend

TVL $2.2B · 24h +3.62%

Kamino Lend

TVL $2.1B · 24h -0.02%