# Aave ARFC advances broad V3 reserve and deployment wind-down

> The proposal cleared the Snapshot signaling stage and can advance toward an executable AIP. Its specified wind-down path includes freezes, supply and borrow caps reduced to 1, higher reserve factors, and possible later interest-rate or liquidation-threshold changes.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-08-15-aave-v3-low-adoption-deprecation-arfc/
- Type: Closure or deprecation
- Stage: Proposed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: material
- Event date: 2026-08-15
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-22 (first published 2026-08-22)
- Follow-up: 2026-08-22
- Advisor-relevant: yes
- Affects: Aave v3 (protocol)

## What happened

An Aave DAO ARFC vote closed with final support for winding down 50 low-adoption reserves, 21 matured Pendle principal tokens, and whole Aave V3 deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos.

## What changed

The proposal cleared the Snapshot signaling stage and can advance toward an executable AIP. Its specified wind-down path includes freezes, supply and borrow caps reduced to 1, higher reserve factors, and possible later interest-rate or liquidation-threshold changes.

## What did not change

The Snapshot result did not itself execute an AIP or alter reserve parameters. Existing collateral positions may remain open under the proposed default mechanics, and Aave V3 as a whole was not approved for shutdown.

## Confirmed

- The final Snapshot result recorded 395,522.02 votes for, zero against, and zero abstaining.
- The individual-reserve scope covers 50 reserves and 21 matured Pendle PTs across eleven deployments.
- The proposal also covers whole-market deprecations on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos.
- The default proposed mechanics freeze reserves, reduce supply and borrow caps to 1, and raise reserve factors where borrowing exists.
- The proposal states that further interest-rate or liquidation-threshold changes may be applied case by case.

## Still open

- No executable AIP transaction or completed parameter change was established for this candidate.
- The final AIP payload, implementation sequence, and any modifications to the ARFC specification remain unresolved.
- Ketju or client exposure to each named reserve and deployment has not been mapped in this editorial decision.

## What it means for an advisor

- Map all approved and client-held Aave V3 positions against the proposed reserve and deployment list before an AIP executes.
- Treat any affected reserve as a potential exit-planning issue because freezing and higher reserve factors can reduce new activity, supplier yield, and available liquidity.
- Review the aave-v3 memo's approved market perimeter; do not interpret this risk-surface reduction proposal as a protocol-wide safety improvement.

## Sources

1. [[ARFC] Low Adoption Asset Deprecation on Aave V3](https://snapshot.org/#/aavedao.eth/proposal/0x4ec0c13baf55472ecd538a2fae4bbdb60f30c96621a97ecf4db073b3e65597c7) · Aave DAO Snapshot · 2026-08-11


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