Intro
Most DeFi infrastructure has been built around simple collateral. Single assets are easy to price, easy to monitor, and relatively easy to liquidate. LP positions are different. They are active, two sided, and structurally more complex. Their value changes with the underlying assets, with pool composition, with fee accrual, and in many cases with the position’s range itself. That complexity is exactly why LP collateral has remained difficult to integrate cleanly into lending systems, and it is also why Avana creates a new design surface for developers.
Avana is being built to make LP positions usable as collateral through Aave v4. For developers, that opens the door to a different category of applications. Instead of treating LP positions as isolated yield instruments, builders can begin to treat them as components in a broader credit system. A position can remain active in an AMM, continue earning fees, and still support borrowing capacity at the same time. That creates new opportunities for interfaces, monitoring systems, treasury tools, strategy layers, and risk aware applications built around LP backed credit.