Aave DAO has approved a $6 million grant to support the development of a new decentralized lending protocol on Berachain. The proposal passed with overwhelming backing, reflecting strong community support for expanding Aave’s ecosystem into a new blockchain environment.

According to the report, the grant is intended to fund the protocol’s buildout rather than serve as a direct market intervention. The move adds another example of decentralized governance steering capital toward ecosystem growth through on-chain voting.

Berachain has drawn attention from DeFi developers seeking to test lending models on newer networks. With the vote cleared by a wide margin, the project now has funding to move ahead, though execution, adoption, and technical performance will determine its long-term value.