The Aave community has voted in favor of the 'Aave Will Win' proposal, a landmark decision that redirects 100% of revenue from all Aave-branded products back to the DAO and consolidates economic rights under the AAVE token. This move marks the end of a governance dispute that began when swap fees were redirected away from the DAO treasury in December. The proposal, deemed the most important in Aave's history by founder Stani Kulechov, positions the DAO as responsible for funding Aave Labs' activities and includes a $25 million stablecoin grant and 5,000 AAVE token allocation to Aave Labs.
The Aave DAO, a community-run decision-making body, will now oversee the protocol's revenue, which is expected to continue growing with the addition of application-layer revenue from Aave Pro, Aave App, Horizon, and Aave Kit. The proposal also addresses 'value leakage' by requiring service providers to build exclusively for Aave and introduces measurable goals and governance process improvements. With this decision, Aave takes a significant step towards becoming a fully token-centric protocol, with a focus on scaling from $40 billion to $1 trillion and establishing itself as a financial network for fintech, banks, and asset managers.