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Aave Labs is set to receive a massive capital injection following the approval of a strategic roadmap designed to scale the protocol. Summary The Aave DAO has approved a $25 million stablecoin grant and a 75,000 AAVE token allocation for Aave Labs to fund ongoing protocol development. Aave Labs will transition to a DAO-funded operating model where revenue from specific products flows directly into the treasury rather than being retained by the core team. The approved framework establishes Aave V4 as the long-term technical foundation and introduces a new governance structure to manage the protocol brand and institutional expansion. According to the governance dashboard, the Aave DAO voted on Saturday to grant the development team $25 million in stablecoins and 75,000 AAVE tokens. The funding, part of the “Aave Will Win” framework, passed with roughly 75% support.  The stablecoins will be distributed over the next 12 months to cover operational costs, while the token package will vest over a four-year period to keep developers incentivized. This decision changes how the protocol handles its finances. Under the new model, revenue from products like Aave Pro will go directly to the DAO treasury rather than staying with Aave Labs.  In exchange, the DAO takes over the responsibility of funding the lab’s core operations. The protocol, which currently holds over $25 billion in total value locked, also officially recognized Aave V4 as its long-term technical architecture. Founder Stani Kulechov described the move as a defining moment for the ecosystem.  “Aave Will Win is the most important proposal in Aave’s history and it just passed with a landslide,” Kulechov shared on X.  “If you own AAVE, you own not just the economic rights of the protocol, but the brand, the users, and the integrations,” he added. Aave Labs noted that the industry is changing…

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