# Aave approves Mantle deployment ARFC

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

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-01-23-aave-v3-mantle-deployment-arfc/
- Type: Governance
- Stage: Approved, not executed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: watch
- Event date: 2026-01-23
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-22 (first published 2026-08-22)
- Advisor-relevant: no
- Affects: Aave v3 (protocol)

## 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.

## Sources

1. [[ARFC] Deploy Aave v3 on Mantle](https://snapshot.org/#/aavedao.eth/proposal/0x2f9378770f1838f0ea8d483239af1530c9fbea98d648e0b11e4647dcb722d119) · Aave DAO · 2026-01-19


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