Aave Plans Exit From Six Low-Revenue Blockchains

Aave expanded its V3 lending protocol across multiple blockchains to capture new users and liquidity, but each deployment carries fixed expenses for oracle coverage, risk monitoring and liquidation infrastructure. The multichain strategy also increases governance overhead and exposes the protocol to markets where thin liquidity can complicate orderly liquidations. Risk provider LlamaRisk argues that retiring deployments whose adoption no longer supports those costs would narrow Aave DAO’s operational footprint and reduce its overall risk surface.

LlamaRisk filed an Aave Request for Final Comment on July 29, 2026, to wind down Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos. The broader cleanup covers $98.1 million of supplied assets and $15.6 million of debt across 75 reserves, including 50 low-adoption reserves; the six deployments account for $12.8 million of supply and $4.1 million of debt. Markets would be frozen, caps cut to 1, reserve factors raised to 99% where borrowing exists and base borrowing rates set at 5%, pending an on-chain vote.