@CSWAP_Destroy Excellent, I think we should really begin by proposong a governance action to dissolve @emurgo_io or launch a class lawsuit against them and if possible recover the Genesis ADA if any of it is left. I wonder if a legal route is possible and if it is then it must be exercised.
@dori_coin I think you need to question why any decent project that begins as a CNT is forced to pivot to other chains. The whole maximalist view is killing the ecosystem. Strike is a CNT if it grows, the spillover benefit will flow to Cardano. The proposal itself paid back to treasury.
🚨 @aave is having a full blown civil war
And it might be the biggest governance fight defi has ever seen.
Heres a clean breakdown 👇
Aave has two sides:
– Aave labs → a centralised entity founded by stani
– Aave dao → token holders who govern the protocol
Now heres what happening,
Dec 4, 2025: Aave labs announces a partnership with @CoWSwap to improve swap pricing + mev protection on the aave interface.
Dec 11, 2025: A popular delegate, @DeFi_EzR3aL drops onchain analysis stating that swap fees from the new cow swap contract are being routed to a private wallet controlled by aave labs. Not the dao.
Translation: DAO revenue just got quietly cut off.
Dec 12, 2025: Marc zeller (largest delegate, aave chan initiative) calls it stealth privatization. Claims ~$10m per year that should go to the dao is gone.
Dec 16, 2025: Things go nuclear ☢️
A. Proposal called “poison pill” by Tulip King.
The demands:
– Seize all aave ip, code, and brand
– Force aave labs to become a dao owned subsidiary
– Claw back all past revenue earned using the aave brand
B. Then comes proposal #2 — “brand seizure” by former cto of aave labs @eboadom,
– Move trademarks, domains, socials to the dao immediately.
Logic: If dao pays for dev + marketing then dao should own the brand, domains, socials.
Aave Labs / Stani’s defense:
– This (cowswap thing) was never a fee switch.
– Frontend revenue was a surplus labs donated voluntarily.
– Aave labs is a private company.
– DAO owns the contracts, not the website.
– Labs pays for hosting, security, and frontend engineers.
Now the plot twist, amid all this chaos,
Aave labs opens a snapshot vote on dec 23👇
Proposal: Give aave token (aave dao) holders explicit control over brand assets, domains, socials, naming rights, github, npm, everything. (baed on @eboadom's proposal)
Except…
The author of the proposal @eboadom says he never approved it.
He claims it was rushed to vote with his name on it while discussion was still active. Calls it “disgraceful.” Urges people to abstain.
@Marczeller says the proposal was rushed during holidays, with fresh delegations gaining voting power.
Zoom out. This isn’t about cow swap. This isn’t about one wallet.
This is the unresolved question of defi:
Who actually owns a protocol? The code? The frontend? Or the brand?
Aave is about to set a precedent. And everyone is watching.
BRICS just announced that they will be launching a gold-anchored settlement "Unit" in an effort to further move way from the USD!
"The Unit" will be 40% backed by gold and 60% backed by a basket of member currencies.
It is being piloted on @Cardano!
Full details below 👇
🚨 Liquidity Budget Update 🚨
December 12 was the final date for proposals for the smart contract audit RFP.
We have posted the submitted RFPs on the Cardano Forums for feedback. We will collect public feedback through the forums until December 19.
https://t.co/uVe3xfMfmM
🚨ATTENTION🚨
Due to a certificate size check bug present on node versions between 10.3 and 10.5.1 Cardano has experienced a fork.
The node version 10.5.2 with fix was released yesterday before the bug happened on mainnet and the chain is once again operating smoothly.
Node/SPO's on one of the versions having the bug are encouraged to upgrade their nodes to version 10.5.2 to continue validating transactions.