The controversy centers around the “Aave Will Win” proposal, which seeks to allocate up to $42.5 million in stablecoins and 75,000 AAVE tokens to Aave Labs under a DAO-funded development structure. The Temp Check vote passed with 52.58% in favor, 42% against, and 5.42% abstaining, advancing the proposal to the next governance stage.

ACI previously questioned both the size of the funding package and the inclusion of voting-power-bearing AAVE tokens. The group claimed the Temp Check outcome was influenced by Labs-linked addresses voting on their own proposal. Under Aave’s governance framework, the measure must still pass through the Aave Request for Final Comment (ARFC) stage and a final onchain Aave Improvement Proposal (AIP) vote before becoming binding.