In recent days, the Aave community has been experiencing clear tension between:
Aave DAO (token holders responsible for governance)
and Aave Labs (the development team and founding company)
⚠️ The dispute is real and documented, but it is not as exaggerated as it is being portrayed.
🔍 The essence of the dispute in brief
The conflict revolves around the distribution of revenues generated from integrated services in the Aave interface (such as swaps via CoW Swap):
📌 What happened?
A portion of the usage fees via the interface has been directed to addresses associated with Aave Labs.
Instead of transferring it directly to the DAO treasury.
The matter raised objections within the governance forum.
👥 Some community members saw that:
Any revenues generated by the protocol interface should return to the DAO.
And not to a central entity, even if it is the development team.
🧠 Why is this discussion important?
Because the issue relates to:
Limits of the development team's authority.
DAO Independence
Ownership of the interface and the brand.
The balance between decentralization and financial sustainability.
⚖️ This type of dispute is common in major DeFi protocols.
It is a structural discussion and not a project collapse.
📉 What about the price of $AAVE ?
The currency has seen a significant drop in recent days.
Market reports indicate selling by some major investors.
The main reason: temporary uncertainty related to governance.
📌 There is no official announcement of a technical issue, breach, or protocol failure.
✅ What should be understood as an investor?
✔️ The protocol is functioning normally.
✔️ The smart contracts have not been affected.
✔️ The dispute is administrative/governance-related and not technical.
✔️ The discussion is still open within the DAO and has not been resolved yet.
📌 Summary
What is happening inside$AAVE is neither a scandal nor a collapse,
but a real test of the decentralized governance model.
The next steps will depend on the decisions of the community itself.
