Aave vs Sanctum Validator LSTs

Aave V3 is the third iteration of the Aave liquidity market protocol, introducing Portals for cross‑chain liquidity, High‑Efficiency (E‑Mode) lending and Isolation Mode markets to compartmentalise risk. The refactor cuts gas costs by up to 25 % and adds real‑time supply/borrow caps that can be tuned by AAVE token governance. V3 is live on Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Polygon, Metis and Base, collectively holding several billion dollars in deposits secured by the Safety Module.

Sanctum wraps stake from 40+ individual Solana validators into a suite of liquid staking tokens such as bSOL and jSOL. Its validator set auto‑rebalances to maximise yield and skip validators exceeding delinquency thresholds. All contracts are upgrade‑locked with a 72‑hour timelock controlled by the Sanctum council.