June 10, 2025 – Aave, the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity protocol, has successfully deployed on Soneium, a new Ethereum Layer 2 developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs, a joint venture between Sony Group and Startale Group.
This marks a strategic expansion for Aave into a consumer-focused L2 purpose-built for real-world applications and adoption. Soneium has recorded over 133 M+ on-chain transactions and 6.6 M+ unique wallet addresses, signaling strong early engagement.
“Aave wants to be where consumers are, in trusted, accessible environments,” said Aave Labs Founder Stani Kulechov. “Sony’s global reputation and Soneium’s focus on consumer-facing applications make this a unique opportunity for Aave to reach new mainstream users.”
“We believe that DeFi is essential to the future of Web3 adoption,” said Jun Watanabe, Chairman of Sony Block Solutions Labs. “The deployment of Aave on Soneium is an important step in our vision to transcend boundaries, spanning creativity, DeFi, and beyond. More direct-to-consumer DeFi products will be made available on Soneium through this integration as we expand globally.”
This deployment strengthens Aave’s multichain presence and reinforces its role as foundational infrastructure for the next generation of finance, now extended to a new class of users through Soneium’s global reach. It follows the passage of a community governance proposal and launches with support for USDT0, USDC.e, and WETH, each configured with risk parameters tailored for capital efficiency, user safety, and protocol performance.
Aave will also participate in upcoming ecosystem-wide liquidity incentive campaigns, including the Astar Contribution Score, including a 100 million ASTR allocation (currently valued at $4M) to bootstrap adoption. Additional integration of GHO, Aave’s decentralized overcollateralized stablecoin, is being explored for real-world use cases in payments, savings, and digital commerce.
Soneium is developing a consumer-facing Web3 stack spanning DeFi, gaming, NFTs, RWAs, and media. Its ecosystem already includes Uniswap v4, Velodrome, Stargate, Lido, and native protocols like Kyo Finance and SuperVol.
