Protocol Upgrade Compatibility Review: Aave V3

Senior DeFi Security Research Auditing Team conducted Upgrade Compatibility Reviews on October 27, 2026, for Aave V3 and Crypto-com. Aave V3, with a TVL of $16.6B across Ethereum and L2s, utilizes a modular architecture for rapid upgrades without hard-forks. Crypto-com, featuring a TVL of $2.36B, employs UUPS and Diamond proxies for its multi-chain DeFi services. Both reviews focused on the ability of existing code-bases to safely integrate future upgrades through governance-driven processes.