# 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.

- Conviction: 40 / 100 (forming)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-07-31T05:59:43.114Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/trends/defi-rationalizes-to-profitable-chains
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: Global

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] Aave Proposes to Shut Deployments on Six Chains That Earn Almost No Revenue (2026-07-31): 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.