DeFi Retrenches To Revenue
Major DeFi protocols increasingly abandon low-revenue chains and concentrate liquidity on a few profitable networks, ending the multi-chain expansion phase and hardening a winner-take-most map.
forming · confidence 40 · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since July 31, 2026 · updated July 31, 2026
Why the conviction moved
- Jul 31Strengthened +6
An Aave governance proposal would shut deployments on six chains earning almost no revenue (Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, Aptos) and retire 50 asset markets, with deposits on some down more than 90%. The largest lending protocol actively pruning unprofitable chains is exactly the retrenchment-to-revenue dynamic the thesis predicts.
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Supporting · July 31, 2026
Aave Proposes to Shut Deployments on Six Chains That Earn Almost No Revenue
An Aave governance proposal would shut deployments on six chains earning almost no revenue (Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, Aptos) and retire 50 asset markets, with deposits on some down more than 90%. The largest lending protocol actively pruning unprofitable chains is exactly the retrenchment-to-revenue dynamic the thesis predicts.
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