[Aave Founder: ETHLend Will Relaunch in 2026] Foresight News reports that Aave founder Stani Kulechov shared a 2018 interface of Aave, stating: 'The most interesting part is that the Bitcoin used as collateral at the time was actual Bitcoin, not any derivative. I promise to relaunch ETHLend in 2026.' The AAVE token originated from the ETHLend project, which issued the LEND token in 2017. Initially, the total supply of LEND tokens was set at 1.3 billion. On September 18, 2018, ETHLend was rebranded as Aave, transitioning from a P2P model to a P2C model and introducing the liquidity pool model.