Aave Proposal Would Wind Down Six Low-Adoption V3 Markets

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Aave governance is reviewing a request for final comment that would wind down six lower-adoption V3 markets and offboard dozens of reserves, as the lending protocol looks to reduce operational complexity and focus on more productive deployments. The validated notes say the LlamaRisk proposal targets Aave V3 markets on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos. It also proposes offboarding 50 low-use reserves and 21 matured Pendle Principal Tokens. The affected markets reportedly hold $98.1 million in deposits and $15.6 million in debt, representing less than 1% of Aave deposits. They generated less than $5,000 quarterly, failing to cover oracle and monitoring costs. That is the key point. This is not just about usage. It is about whether maintaining small deployments is worth the operational risk and cost. For more details, visit the official Governance platform. TL;DR Aave governance is reviewing an ARFC to wind down six V3 markets. The proposal affects Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos. It is a governance recommendation under discussion, not a completed shutdo...