PANews reported on March 3rd that, according to Cryptopolitan, the Aave community's provisional vote on the "Aave Will Win" funding proposal passed by a narrow margin of 52.58%. However, ACI founder Marc Zeller immediately challenged the result, claiming that addresses associated with Aave Labs determined the outcome. Zeller pointed out that three clusters linked to Aave Labs contributed approximately 233,000 votes in favor, including 111,000 votes delegated by co-founder Stani Kulechov. According to Zeller's calculations, after removing these votes, the result would be 387,000 in favor and 497,000 against.
The proposal requests the DAO to approve funding of up to $42.5 million in stablecoins and 75,000 AAVE tokens to Aave Labs in exchange for Aave Labs transferring all of its product revenue to the DAO treasury. This vote comes amid escalating tensions within the community. A previous audit report released by Zeller questioned the rate of return on approximately $86 million in funding Aave Labs had previously received.
