Aave is set to retire entire markets on six chains, including Scroll, zkSync, and Aptos, as part of a broad cleanup addressing low user adoption. The proposal, put forward by risk provider LlamaRisk and supported by founder Stani Kulechov, targets roughly $98 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in debt connected to these reserves.
The move follows Aave’s updated Risk Framework implemented after the $292 million KelpDAO exploit, aiming to streamline the protocol’s exposure to underperforming assets. This latest initiative encompasses two phases: the removal of 50 low-usage reserves across 11 Aave V3 deployments, and the shutdown of six entire smaller markets where activity remains minimal.
Deprecation Details and Impact
Among the six chains facing full market wind-downs are Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos. Scroll holds $2.2 million in supply, Aptos $1.7 million, and zkSync $0.8 million tiny fractions compared to Aave’s $14.47 billion total value locked. The token supply and debt figures reflect limited traction on these platforms: approximately $1.8 million locked on Scroll and under $900,000 on Aptos.
This action is part of Aave's wider governance effort to ensure capital efficiency and reduce risk from neglected reserves. The protocol will pull $85.3 million in supplied assets and $11.5 million in debt by trimming individual reserves, plus $12.8 million in supply and $4.1 million in debt from the whole-market shutdowns.
The impact on users currently supplying assets or holding debt in these networks will depend on the orderly wind-down process, now awaiting final governance approval.
This material is for informational purposes and does not constitute financial advice.
