According to @AggrNews, a strategy discussion titled How Aave will win is live on the official Aave Governance Forum at governance.aave.com/t/how-aave-will-win/23792, shared via tweet on Jan 2, 2026, which confirms the thread’s visibility to the market (source: @AggrNews on Twitter; source: Aave Governance Forum). For trading, monitor whether this discussion progresses into a formal AIP, as Aave Governance can adjust risk parameters, interest rate models, new asset listings, emissions, and fee flows that directly affect borrowing costs, liquidity incentives, and Safety Module dynamics relevant to AAVE (AAVE) supply and demand (source: Aave Governance documentation). Traders should track the forum thread for a draft AIP and subsequent on-chain vote creation to assess timing and potential impacts on protocol yields and stkAAVE staking metrics (source: Aave Governance Forum; source: Aave Governance documentation).

According to @bubblemaps, AAVE is down roughly 20% since mid-December and the situation remains ongoing, highlighting immediate price weakness in the DeFi lending token (source: @bubblemaps). The account referenced recent governance drama and publicly questioned whether ParaFi is selling and whether venture capital confidence is eroding, signaling governance risk that traders are watching (source: @bubblemaps).

According to @CoinMarketCap, BTC rose 2.37% and ETH gained 1.76% as total crypto market capitalization reached 3 trillion dollars, with crypto grinding higher on low volumes while equities set new highs, source: CoinMarketCap. According to @CoinMarketCap, key market drivers include an Aave governance dispute and Solana’s launch of Kora targeting fee-free transactions, source: CoinMarketCap.

According to @MilkRoadDaily, AAVE is trading above $280 as of Aug 8, 2025, more than doubling from their August 2024 call at $128 (source: @MilkRoadDaily on X, Aug 8, 2025). The post frames this move as a reminder that risk/reward can favor protocols that continue building, positioning AAVE as a DeFi outperformer in this cycle (source: @MilkRoadDaily on X, Aug 8, 2025). For context, Aave is a leading DeFi lending protocol and AAVE is its governance and staking token, which traders often monitor for sector momentum (source: Aave documentation).