# Aave Risk Stewards propose five supply-cap increases and a USDe borrow-cap cut

> Proposed capacity would increase for PT-srUSDe on Core, WETH on Polygon, USDe on Mantle, and cbBTC and cbETH on Base. Mantle USDe borrowing capacity would decrease.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-10-07-aave-v3-risk-steward-cap-changes/
- Type: Economic change
- Stage: Proposed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: watch
- Event date: 2026-10-07
- Version: 1, published 2026-10-08 (first published 2026-10-08)
- Follow-up: 2026-10-12
- Advisor-relevant: no
- Affects: Aave v3 (protocol)

## What happened

LlamaRisk published specific reserve-cap recommendations and stated its intention to implement them through the Risk Steward process.

## What changed

Proposed capacity would increase for PT-srUSDe on Core, WETH on Polygon, USDe on Mantle, and cbBTC and cbETH on Base. Mantle USDe borrowing capacity would decrease.

## What did not change

The cached record supplies no execution receipt. It proposes cap changes without establishing changed collateral eligibility, liquidation thresholds, or oracle contracts.

## Confirmed

- Core PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 supply cap is proposed to rise from 10 million to 20 million.
- Polygon WETH supply cap is proposed to rise from 15,000 to 20,000.
- Mantle USDe supply cap is proposed to rise from 40 million to 80 million and borrow cap to fall from 18 million to 10 million.
- Base cbBTC supply cap is proposed to rise from 3,200 to 4,000 and cbETH from 50,000 to 60,000.
- The record states that implementation will proceed through the Risk Steward process.

## Still open

- Execution transactions, effective timestamps, and resulting on-chain caps are not established.
- The position-health and liquidity figures are service-provider observations rather than independently reproduced state in this review.

## What it means for an advisor

- Track the proposed limits in Aave capacity diligence and verify on-chain execution before using the higher limits in exposure analysis.
- Reassess Mantle USDe concentration and available exit liquidity if the doubled supply cap becomes operative.
- Do not infer improved collateral quality from increased capacity.

## Sources

1. [Risk Stewards: Supply and Borrow Cap Changes on Aave V3 / 2026.10.07](https://governance.aave.com/t/risk-stewards-supply-and-borrow-cap-changes-on-aave-v3-2026-10-07/25806) · Aave governance — LlamaRisk Risk Stewards · 2026-10-07


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