# Aave executes zero-LTV deprecation for nine volatile assets

> The affected assets no longer provided additional borrowing capacity under their base reserve configurations, advancing their deprecation.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2025-11-14-aave-v3-low-demand-volatile-assets-ltv-zero/
- Type: Closure or deprecation
- Stage: Executed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: material
- Event date: 2025-11-14
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-22 (first published 2026-08-22)
- Advisor-relevant: yes
- Affects: Aave v3 (protocol)

## What happened

Aave Governance V3 executed proposal 409, setting the LTV of nine low-demand volatile assets to zero across Ethereum Core, zkSync, BNB, and Metis.

## What changed

The affected assets no longer provided additional borrowing capacity under their base reserve configurations, advancing their deprecation.

## What did not change

The payload did not freeze the reserves, set their liquidation thresholds to zero, or establish that existing positions had been closed.

## Confirmed

- Proposal 409 executed on November 14, 2025.
- Ethereum Core UNI, CRV, BAL, ENS, LDO, and 1INCH had their LTVs set to zero.
- ZK on zkSync, CAKE on BNB, and METIS on Metis had their LTVs set to zero.
- The proposal was described as the second stage of a broader low-demand-asset deprecation process.

## Still open

- Remaining supplied collateral, debt, and client exposure in each affected reserve.
- Subsequent freeze, reserve-factor, cap, or full-offboarding actions.
- Exit liquidity and borrower behavior following the zero-LTV change.

## What it means for an advisor

- Review any affected Aave collateral position for reduced borrowing capacity and migration needs.
- Update collateral-eligibility assumptions in the Aave memo while distinguishing zero LTV from a reserve freeze or immediate liquidation-threshold change.
- Monitor subsequent deprecation stages and live exit liquidity.

## Sources

1. [Deprecation of Low Demand Volatile Assets on Aave V3 Instances](https://app.aave.com/governance/v3/proposal/?proposalId=409) · Aave Governance V3 · 2025-11-10


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