# Aave executes the V3.5 Plasma market activation

> A new Aave deployment became operative on Plasma, expanding the protocol's chain, collateral, oracle, guardian, and cross-chain governance perimeter.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2025-09-22-aave-v3-plasma-v3-5-activation/
- Type: Launch or access
- Stage: Executed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: material
- Event date: 2025-09-22
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-22 (first published 2026-08-22)
- Advisor-relevant: no
- Affects: Aave v3 (protocol)

## What happened

Aave governance executed the initial Plasma V3.5 market activation and configured USDT0, USDe, sUSDe, XAUt0, weETH, and WETH reserves with bootstrap controls and caps.

## What changed

A new Aave deployment became operative on Plasma, expanding the protocol's chain, collateral, oracle, guardian, and cross-chain governance perimeter.

## What did not change

XPL was not included in the initial activation, and the launch did not make the Plasma market or its assets approved for Ketju clients.

## Confirmed

- Aave governance proposal 379 executed on September 22, 2025.
- The execution sent payload 1 to Plasma chain 9745.
- The activation included USDT0, USDe, sUSDe, XAUt0, weETH, and WETH.
- The proposal assigned bootstrap administrative roles and authorized later increases to pre-approved cap ceilings.

## Still open

- The timing and amount of any later guardian cap increases required separate on-chain verification.
- Production oracle, bridge, liquidity, liquidation, and withdrawal performance remained untested at launch.
- XPL onboarding remained separate and pending.

## What it means for an advisor

- Open a distinct Plasma deployment review rather than extending approval from another Aave chain.
- Reconcile every reserve, oracle, cap, guardian, bridge, and payload-controller dependency before considering access.
- Monitor whether bootstrap authorities increased caps and whether those changes stayed within the approved ceilings.

## Sources

1. [Aave V3.5 Plasma Activation](https://app.aave.com/governance/v3/proposal/?proposalId=379) · Aave Governance v3 · 2025-09-18


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