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PENDLE Aave promotes multi-chain integration, closing six chains and removing dozens of inefficient asset reserves
Decentralized lending protocol Aave is advancing a major integration of its multi-chain landscape and plans to gradually close six blockchain deployments and remove dozens of underperforming asset reserve pools.
What is Removed
Aave will eliminate 50 asset pools with low adoption rates across multiple deployments. The agreement also plans to phase out its instances on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos. As part of the same cleanup, an additional 25 asset reserve pools and 21 expired Pendle principal tokens will be removed. Overall, these changes involve approximately $98.1 million in supply and $15.6 million in debt.
founder Stani Kulechov said the move is aimed at reducing Aave's economic and technical risk exposure. The decision reflects a broader governance direction that has evolved since late 2025, when the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) first proposed withdrawing on-chain instances that "demonstrated a lack of product-market fit."
When strategic adjustments are in progress
Aave has historically adopted a maximizing strategy in deploying new chains. At least 18 chains have been launched in the protocol, including multiple Ethereum Layer 2 networks and alternative Layer 1 networks such as Aptos and Sonic. This strategy is being reversed for networks that fail to generate substantial activity. For example, during the elimination process of Scroll instances, due to the rapid deterioration of on-chain liquidity and total locked value (TVL), the process was accelerated, completing the cleanup by freezing all assets and increasing the reserve factor of some assets.
The low utilization, low TVL and low revenue contributions brought by these deployments continue to consume governance and operational resources, while constituting continued risk exposure. This integration is in line with Aave's broader efforts to optimize its operational layout and focus resources on deployment directions that yield considerable returns. Aave is currently the largest decentralized lending agreement, accounting for more than 81% of the total outstanding debt on Ethereum.
