🚨 Aave community erupts in governance crisis: CoW Swap integration accused of 'privatizing DAO revenue'

Recently, the Aave community has seen intense controversy, with the core focus being:

Whether the CoW Swap integration has led to protocol revenue being secretly diverted by Aave Labs, rather than flowing into the Aave DAO treasury.

🔍 Breaking point: On-chain analysis reveals unusual revenue direction

Governance representative EzR3aL stated in a forum post:

The trading fees generated by the new CoW Swap frontend no longer enter the DAO treasury

but are directed to an independent address

Estimating that the DAO loses about $200,000 in revenue per week as a result

⚡ Community reaction is intense

Aave Chan Initiative leader Marc Zeller stated:

The situation is "extremely concerning"

Claiming this is a secret privatization of about 10% of Aave DAO's potential revenue

The controversy has further spread to:

Aave Vaults

Horizon

Aave v4 liquidation engine

And other modules' revenue attribution issues.

🧑‍💻 Founder responds

Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated:

Aave Labs has the right to monetize the frontend interface

Especially for parts that do not belong to the core functions of the protocol

And emphasized that the goal is "to bring more users and revenue to the ecosystem"