BlockBeats News, December 24th. According to Cointelegraph, Aave founder Stani Kulechov has recently come under scrutiny for investing $10 million to buy AAVE tokens, with some members of the crypto community believing that this move is to increase his voting power in a key governance proposal.DeFi strategist and liquidity expert Robert Mullins wrote that the purpose of this purchase is to boost Kulechov's voting power to support a proposal in an upcoming vote that directly harms the best interests of token holders. He added: "This is a clear example that the token mechanism has not been adequately designed to effectively prevent governance attacks."Renowned crypto KOL Sisyphus also expressed similar concerns, stating that Kulechov may have sold millions of dollars' worth of AAVE tokens between 2021 and 2025, questioning the economic motivation behind this buyback.This controversy comes as Aave token holders are discussing how governance rights for this DeFi protocol should be exercised. Critics point out that large token purchases may substantially influence the voting outcome in high-risk governance proposals.

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