Aave token (AAVE) has registered a 5.53% rise in the past 24 hours following the completion of a key vote in the governance of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols.
At the time of publishing this article, April 13, 2026, the token was trading at $94.83 and reached $98 this morning.
The proposal, approved on Sunday April 12th, introduces structural changes to revenue distribution within the Aave ecosystem.
The decision ends a five-month long internal dispute centered on how to allocate the value generated by various products linked to Aave.
As explained on Criptopedia, the education section of CriptoNoticias, previously only the revenue from the main protocol went to the DAO, a decentralized organization responsible for the governance of the project.
With the new authorization, all revenue, including revenue generated by applications and products developed outside of the protocol’s core, will become part of the DAO’s treasury.
One of the most important aspects of this change is that The DAO is also currently responsible for funding Aave Labs’ activities.a company that develops products and infrastructure for the ecosystem. As part of the approved proposal, a grant of $25 million in stablecoins and an allocation of 75,000 AAVE tokens to Aave Labs was approved. This equates to approximately $7 million at current prices.
This means that the new scheme will not only concentrate revenue in the DAO, but also make its community organizations direct funders of the ecosystem’s key developers. In other words, the DAO is no longer just a revenue receiver and has more direct control over how resources are allocated to Aave’s growth, while Aave Labs is subject to a model in which its funding is dependent on community governance approval.
According to data shared within the framework of the proposal, the DAO had already accumulated nearly $140 million in revenue during 2025 from Protocol activities alone. On top of that, Products like Aave Pro and official website have already generated $10-20 million in additional revenuewhich will now also be redirected to Treasury.
The economic redesign aims to strengthen the “token-centric” model. AAVE centralizes both ecosystem governance and economic rights. In practical terms, this means that those who hold the token are directly affected not only by the performance of the protocol, but also by the growth of all associated products.
The message about the scope of the decision was clear from the project environment. “If you own AAVE, you not only have economic rights to the protocol, but also economic rights to the brand, users, and integrations,” reads a document released after the vote.
This change also integrates an approach focused on the AAVE token, providing not only governance functions but also as well as be exposed to revenue generated across the ecosystem. In practice, this means tighter integration between the various products and services developed under the Aave brand.
Along the same lines, Stani Kulechov, CEO of Aave Labs, said: We have repeatedly argued for the need to align incentives around a single asset.aims to enhance project execution and avoid value fragmentation within the ecosystem.
But the vote also revealed existing tensions within the community. The fact that the debate lasted several months reflects differences over the strategic direction of the protocol and the degree of control the DAO should exercise over the resources generated.
The proposal has already been approved and Aave will begin a new phase focused on implementing this model. The challenge is to sustain the growth of the ecosystem under this structure and see if the centralization of revenue streams into the DAO will lead to increased stability and valuation of the token in the medium term.
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