Will Aave Delist Uniswap UNI, PancakeSwap CAKE, Balancer BAL, and Top DeFi Tokens As Lending Collateral?

For Aave to emerge as the largest DeFi protocol by total value locked (TVL) is sufficient evidence that crypto holders are eager to lend or borrow assets at any time of day.

As of November 13, Aave manages over $34Bn worth of assets spread across 18 chains but primarily on Ethereum and its layer-2s, including Base. While the DeFi collapse in late October and early November threatened to wipe out liquidity, there are signs that confidence is returning.

While inflow in the last month is in negative territory across most protocols, not just Aave, the top five DeFi dapps have been drawing capital in the last week. Inflows to Aave is at 7.5% in the previous week while Ether.fi saw a decent 2% increase in TVL during that time.

There is a proposal on Aave delist top DeFi tokens powering Uniswap, PancakeSwap, and Balancer. Will it sail through?

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Aave To Delist Uniswap, PancakeSwap, Balancer, and Top DeFi Tokens As Lending Collateral?

Bullish as this inflow is, Aave is aware of what happened after the Balancer hack, and the crash of October 10 is still being felt not just by the top decentralized money market but by all lending platforms.

In a post on X, Ignas, a DeFi researcher, revealed that the Aave community is advancing a proposal that is likely to be controversial, to delist, among others, Uniswap and PancakeSwap tokens as lending collateral.

Another consequence of 10/10 crash:

Aave is removing volatile alts as collateral: $CRV, $UNI, $ZK, $BAL, $LDO, 1INCH, $METIS, $CAKE

During the crash, oracle prices jumped 15% to 50% in single updates.

Some feeds lagged by minutes posing risk of bad debt:

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— Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas) November 13, 2025

The goal is to gradually reduce the collateral ratio of these tokens to zero before delisting them from Aave lending functions.

In his research, and perhaps as a basis for justifying this delisting, Ignas observed that oracle prices of these tokens jumped by anywhere between 15% and 50% in a single Chainlink update during the October 10 crash.

What’s crucial to note is that some Chainlink feeds lag by minutes, posing a risk to Aave.

The lag allowed arbitrage bots to drain roughly $200,000 using CRV as collateral on Aave. Another bot also made over 17 wETH, taking advantage of the ENS price difference due to Chainlink oracle lags.

Besides the Chainlink oracle lag experienced during the crash, the researcher also revealed that these tokens, after all, earn very little for Aave.

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Still, AAVE holders must vote on this proposal before any actions are taken.

However, Oracle lags seem to be the main reason why this proposal is being floated.

Aave relies on Chainlink, a decentralized oracle provider, for price feeds.

While AAVE crypto also fell during the crash, risks posed by oracle lags create room for arbitrage opportunities that can lead to bad debt, costing the protocol millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars.

The primary reason for this lag and depeg of some stablecoins was due to the thin liquidity, which worsened volatility and caused some assets used as collateral on Aave to detach.

Aave took a hit, auto-liquidating roughly $180M of loans. But, it could have been worse because USDe depegged briefly.

There is a proposal on Aave delist top DeFi tokens powering Uniswap, PancakeSwap, and Balancer. Will it sail through?