Aave approves Mantle deployment ARFC

What happened

Aave DAO approved the ARFC for a prospective Aave V3 deployment on Mantle with an initial asset set and proposed risk, GHO, GSM, and budget parameters.

What changed

The Mantle deployment advanced through an off-chain governance stage, creating a concrete new-market research item for Aave.

What did not change

The ARFC approval did not itself deploy contracts, execute a final AIP, establish live liquidity, or extend Ketju's existing Aave approval to Mantle.

Confirmed

• The official vote ran from 2026-01-20 through 2026-01-23.
• Approximately 654,785.57 voting units supported the proposal, compared with approximately 15.22 against and 2.47 abstaining.
• The proposal contains a prospective initial asset and risk-parameter configuration for Mantle.

Still open

• Final AIP execution, verified deployed addresses, oracle configuration, and launch timing were not established by this record.
• Live liquidity, stressed exits, and the final effective parameters remained unconfirmed.

What it means for an advisor

• Monitor any final AIP and deployed-address record, but do not treat Mantle as covered by the existing Aave memo.
• Require chain, data-availability, oracle, collateral, liquidity, and exit-path review before considering the Mantle market.