Aave Proposes to Close 50 Reserves Worth Nearly $100 Million

Aave's founder, Stani Kulechov, has proposed the withdrawal of 50 reserves with low utilization from the protocol, which amounts to nearly $100 million. This decision also includes discontinuing support for networks such as Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos.

Following a thorough review, Aave will deprecate these low-adoption asset reserves across various deployments.

Furthermore, the protocol will wind down operations on the aforementioned networks, impacting an additional 25 asset reserves.

As part of this process,…

— Stani (@StaniKulechov) July 30, 2026

This initiative targets digital assets valued at $98.1 million alongside liabilities totaling $15.6 million. The proposal was crafted by the LlamaRisk team in alignment with Aave's new Risk Framework.

“These measures reduce the economic and technical risk exposure of Aave under the new protective system,” Kulechov noted.

The review process identified cryptocurrencies whose activity no longer warrants the costs of maintaining essential infrastructure like price oracles and liquidation systems.

The list includes bridge assets that overlap with existing native listings and old lending instruments that have become unprofitable.

Aave plans to halt new activities in these reserves while also reducing supply and borrowing caps. For those reserves slated for complete withdrawal, the reserve ratio will be raised to 99%, and interest rates will be adjusted to incentivize users to liquidate their positions.

The community will need to vote on this proposal, and the relevant contract is yet to be established.

Additionally, in June, Kulechov revealed plans for the Aavenomics 3.0 update, which will introduce an automated on-chain mechanism for acquiring AAVE tokens using protocol revenue and the GHO stablecoin.