GHO
Stablecoin Profile
GHO (GHO) is a crypto-collateralised stablecoin: users mint GHO by locking other crypto assets as over-collateral, with $583.8M currently in circulation across 1 blockchain networks. The USD peg is maintained through liquidation auctions when collateral value falls below required thresholds. Price feed sourced via defillama.
About GHO (GHO)
GHO is a native decentralized, overcollateralized digital asset pegged to USD.
It is created by users via borrowing against multiple collateral. When user repays their GHO borrow position, the protocol burns that user's GHO. All the interest payments accrued by minters of GHO would be directly transferred to the AaveDAO treasury.
Issuer & attestation
GHO (GHO) is issued by Aave DAO, operating under Decentralised protocol governed by stkAAVE holders. Originally launched in 2023.
Reserve composition
Backed by Aave V3 collateral positions. Borrowers mint GHO against their Aave deposits; interest accrues to the Aave DAO treasury.
Reserve attestation reports
Issuer information is compiled from public disclosures, NYDFS / BMA regulatory filings, and primary-source attestation reports. Always verify directly with the issuer before making decisions.
Recent supply activity
GHO (GHO) supply was unchanged in the last 24 hours, expanded by $10M (+1.74%) over the past week, and expanded by $56.5M (+10.72%) over the past 30 days.
Expansion phase: minting activity has outpaced redemptions, with circulating supply growing 10.72% over the past month.
Supply History
Network distribution
GHO circulates across 1 blockchain network. Ethereum hosts the largest share at 100.00%. Ethereum has shown the strongest 30-day growth at +10.72%, suggesting fresh issuance or bridge inflows on that chain.
| Chain | Supply | Share | 24h Δ | 30d Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | $583.8M | 100.00% | 0.00% | +10.72% |
Peg stability history
As a crypto-collateralised stablecoin, GHO (GHO) maintains its 1.00 USD target by holding excess on-chain collateral and routing redemptions through automated liquidation auctions. Spot price is currently $0.9996 (-0.036%); short-term excursions are normal in this range are typically arbitraged away within hours via the protocol's open mint/redeem mechanics.
How crypto-collateralised stablecoins defend their peg
Crypto-collateralised stablecoins like this one over-collateralise positions — borrowers must lock more than $1.00 of crypto for each $1.00 of stablecoin minted. If collateral value falls below the required ratio, the position is automatically liquidated in an open Dutch auction. Arbitrageurs can always mint and redeem against the protocol's contracts, which keeps the secondary-market price tightly bounded around $1.00. The main residual risks are sudden crypto-collateral crashes that outpace the liquidation engine, and oracle failure.
Practical implications for holders
- Collateral volatility is the dominant risk: a fast drawdown in the collateral asset can outpace liquidation auctions and leave the protocol under-collateralised.
- Oracle risk: the protocol relies on price feeds (typically Chainlink or a multi-oracle setup). Oracle manipulation or delay during volatile markets has historically caused peg excursions.
- Governance risk: parameter changes (collateral types, liquidation ratios, debt ceilings) are decided by token-holder votes. Sudden governance attacks remain a tail risk.
- On-chain transparency is a major advantage — collateral is verifiable 24/7 without trusting an attestor.
- Mantapex tracks peg deviation in real time from DeFiLlama price feeds, but for high-value holdings cross-check directly on at least one independent venue (CoinGecko, the issuer's own dashboard, or an on-chain DEX).
Peg-stability commentary is based on the mechanism class (crypto-collateralised) and is provided for educational purposes only — it is not financial advice. Past peg stability is not a guarantee of future performance, and even the highest-quality stablecoins have historically traded outside their target band during banking, regulatory, or liquidity stress.
Contract addresses
GHO (GHO) is deployed as a token contract on 1 blockchain network below. Always verify the contract address you're interacting with on the relevant block explorer before sending funds — phishing tokens reusing well-known stablecoin tickers are common, especially on newer chains.
| Chain | Contract address | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | 0x40D16FC0246aD3160Ccc09B8D0D3A2cD28aE6C2f | Explorer |
Contract addresses are sourced from DeFiLlama's stablecoin profile. Some chains (Tron, Solana, Aptos, Sui) use non-EVM address formats. The "Explorer" link opens the official block explorer for the given chain; we do not link out to third-party explorers that may show altered data.
Compare GHO to other crypto-collateralised stablecoins
Below are the largest crypto-collateralised stablecoins tracked on Mantapex alongside GHO (GHO). Comparing supply and chain footprint within the same mechanism class is more meaningful than cross-class comparison, because the underlying peg-defence assumptions are different.
| Stablecoin | Supply | Mechanism | Chains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Dollar (USDS) | $8.4B | crypto-backed | 6 |
| Ethena USDe (USDe) | $5.9B | crypto-backed | 23 |
| Dai (DAI) | $4.6B | crypto-backed | 48 |
| Falcon USD (USDf) | $1.6B | crypto-backed | 2 |
| USDD (USDD) | $1.1B | crypto-backed | 4 |
Across mechanism classes
If you're researching GHO as part of a broader stablecoin allocation, it's worth comparing it across mechanism classes — each design has different counterparty, custody, and tail-risk profiles.
Peg Stability
Chain Distribution
Resources & data sources
GHO (GHO) is tracked across major crypto data providers. The links below open GHO (GHO)'s pages on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap and DeFiLlama, so you can cross-check supply, market cap, exchange listings and historical price data directly at the source.
Price feed sourced from defillama. Supply, peg and chain-distribution data are aggregated from DeFiLlama's stablecoins dataset, which combines on-chain balances across supported networks. Numbers on this page typically refresh every 10 minutes.
Recent GHO news
Latest reporting from major crypto news outlets covering GHO.
- Crypto Briefing
Aave plans to grow revenue streams and expand GHO over next year
Aave's strategic focus on revenue diversification and stablecoin expansion could redefine DeFi's financial ecosystem, enhancing stability. Aave plans to grow revenue streams and…
- Cryptopolitan
Yield loses $3.7 million after extreme slippage wipes out GHO trade
Yield, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has lost $3.73 million in trade. This was a result of extreme slippage, resulting in 3.84 million GHO being exchanged for just…
- Cryptopolitan
Aave's native GHO stablecoin launches in Ireland under MiCAR regime
Aave Labs has launched cost-free on- and off-ramping for Aave's native stablecoin, GOH, and other tokens in Ireland.
- BeInCrypto
Aave Restructures: L2 Closures and $100M GHO Push Spark Debate
Aave DAO is gearing up for a significant overhaul by shutting down over 50% of underperforming L2 instances. It is also restructuring its governance framework and deploying over…
- Blockonomi
Aave Launches Horizon, Letting Firms Borrow USDC, RLUSD, and GHO Against Tokenized Assets
Aave Horizon lets institutions borrow stablecoins using tokenized real-world assets and onchain data
- Cryptopolitan
Ethereum Foundation borrows $2 million GHO stablecoins from Aave
Ethereum Foundation (EF) has borrowed $2 million worth of GHO stablecoin from DeFi lending platform Aave, using wrapped ETH as collateral. The move marks a departure from the…
- The Block
How Aave's stablecoin GHO is core to its plan to 10X its revenue
Aave-Chan Initiative Founder Marc Zeller unpacks Aave's efforts at decentralization, buyback initiatives and the GHO stablecoin.
- The Block
Aave community pushes GHO stablecoin growth with governance votes, including proposal for yield-bearing ‘savings' token
The move comes amid a series of proposals part of Aave's “GHO cross-chain strategy" aimed at driving the stablecoin's adoption.
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Risk Warning
Stablecoins carry risks including de-pegging, regulatory changes, and counterparty risk. Always diversify and do your own research.
