Former AAVE Core Member: DAO is the Engine and Should Reclaim Brand Control

PANews reported on December 23 that Marc Zeller, former core member of AAVE, stated that Aave DAO is the true driving force behind the protocol's operations, rather than Avara, which has transformed into an independent company. Over the past three years, core matters such as risk management, technical upgrades, and ecosystem expansion have all been executed by service providers under the DAO, continuously generating substantial revenue for the protocol. Zeller emphasized that if strategic brand assets such as domain names and trademarks remain solely controlled by private companies, it not only weakens DAO governance but may also harm ecosystem fairness and talent retention, ultimately threatening the fundamental development of the entire protocol in the long term.