Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, has put forth a proposal to withdraw dozens of low-utilization reserves from the protocol and to cease support for the networks Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos.
After a comprehensive review, Aave is deprecating 50 low adoption asset reserves across multiple deployments.
In addition, Aave is orderly winding down deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos, covering another 25 asset reserves.
As part of this process,…
— Stani (@StaniKulechov) July 30, 2026
This initiative will impact digital assets totaling $98.1 million and liabilities valued at $15.6 million. The proposal was drafted by the LlamaRisk team within the framework of the new Aave Risk Framework.
“These measures reduce the economic and technical risk exposure of Aave under the new protective system,” Kulechov explained.
The review focused on cryptocurrencies whose activity no longer justifies the expenses associated with maintaining price oracles, liquidation infrastructure, and ongoing risk monitoring.
List of assets to be deprecated. Source: Aave.Included in the list are bridge assets that duplicate native listings, as well as retired lending instruments that no longer yield returns.
Aave intends to freeze new activity in the affected reserves, reducing supply and borrowing limits.
For deployments proposed for complete withdrawal, the reserve ratio will be raised to 99%, and base interest rates will be increased to encourage users to close their positions.
The proposal will need to be voted on by the community, and the relevant contract has not yet been created.
It’s worth noting that in June, Kulechov announced the upcoming Aavenomics 3.0 update, which includes an automatic on-chain mechanism for purchasing AAVE tokens using protocol revenue and the GHO stablecoin.