Aave’s innovations, such as flash loans, the Portal Function, and Efficiency Mode (E-Mode) in Aave V3, significantly enhance its investment value by boosting TVL and user stickiness. Flash loans enable uncollateralized borrowing within a single transaction, attracting arbitrage traders and developers, which has driven Aave’s TVL to $36.98 billion by 2025, reflecting a 24.5% cross-chain lending market dominance. The Portal Function facilitates seamless cross-chain liquidity, making Aave a preferred choice for multi-chain users, while E-Mode optimizes capital efficiency for correlated assets, encouraging higher leverage and yield farming. These features increase user stickiness by offering unique financial strategies unavailable on competitors like Compound. Posts on X highlight Aave’s 100K+ unique users in 2025, doubling since January, indicating strong retention.