# Introduction

Aave Arc is a "permissioned" version of the Aave Protocol, which brings DeFi to institutions, allowing them to experience the power of DeFi: transparency, decentralized governance, rapid innovation, automated smart contract-based execution, liquidity, and programmability.

Aave Arc is a separate and independent deployment of the Aave Protocol smart contracts, with an addition of a smart contract permission layer which allows whitelisters to manage all participants in the pools (after KYC checks).

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