Aave focuses on profitability: reducing yield chains, setting a $2 million threshold, as DeFi lending enters the cash flow era.

[Coin World] Aave's recent move is quite aggressive - they've directly migrated the V3 protocol to the Mantle Network, specifically targeting the institutional-level lending market on Layer-2, with major assets like ETH, USDC, and USDT all included.

But the more explosive news is yet to come: their governance team has recently been very active, directly planning to cut off zkSync, Metis, and Soneium, which are not profitable, and they also have their eyes on Polygon and Optimism, which have been underperforming — preparing to raise the reserve ratio to put a stop to this. The harshest part is that they have established a rule: if you want to play in the Aave ecosystem in the future, you must ensure that you can contribute at least $2 million in revenue each year, otherwise forget it.

To put it simply, it can be summed up in one sentence: DeFi lending also needs to talk about profits; the era of burning money for expansion is over. Liquidity is important, but cash flow is more tangible.