On December 3rd, the Aave DAO approved a temperature check vote to revise its V3 multi-chain deployment strategy, planning to sunset deployments on zkSync, Metis, and Sony Soneium, while setting a clear $2 million annual revenue floor for future deployments. Aave currently operates on at least 18 blockchains, including multiple Ethereum Layer 2 networks and Layer 1 chains like Aptos and Sonic. Now, ACI — Aave’s primary delegation platform — appears to be scaling back some expansion plans and imposing stricter requirements for new deployments. As part of the proposal, ACI also recommends establishing the $2 million annual revenue floor for future deployments and introducing a stablecoin “reserve factor” for smaller revenue-generating instances. Per forum discussions, ACI’s Growth Service Provider (Growth SP) has proposed sunsetting Aave deployments on zkSync, Metis, and Sony Soneium, as these instances have failed to align with market demand. The total value locked (TVL) across these three chains is the lowest among all Aave deployments, making up only a tiny fraction of Aave’s total revenue. Metis — co-founded by Natalia Ameline, mother of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin — currently generates an annualized revenue of just over $3,000. Soneium performs slightly better, with annualized revenue exceeding $50,000. By contrast, Aave’s largest deployment on the Ethereum mainnet generates over $142 million in annual revenue, while its deployment on Base brings in $4.7 million.
