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Aave Drops as Community Debates over Who Controls the Brand

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A dispute over who controls Aave’s brand and online assets has moved to a vote, sending the token sharply lower.

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The AAVE token drops by more than 14% after the revelation of a hijacking of income related to the frontend, now perceived by Aave Labs without formal validation of the DAO. Aave Labs claims that the DAO only has the onchain protocol, while the brand, site and infrastructure would remain its property, triggering a major ideological divide. Radical proposals for brand capture and IP explode governance and set a historical precedent on the real ow…

Aave, a pillar of the DeFi, is vacillating under the weight of a controversial decision. Far from the technical debates on performance or innovations in smart contracts, it is governance that crystallizes tensions. A hasty vote on the transfer of brand assets from the protocol to the DAO was launched without consensus, causing a strong reaction within the community. Between accusations of passage in force and criticism of the transparency of the…

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crypto.news broke the news in on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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