[Dispute Between Aave DAO and Aave Labs Over CoW Swap Integration Fee Allocation]
Aave DAO, which governs the Aave protocol, and its core development company, Aave Labs, have a disagreement over the allocation of fees generated from the integration with the decentralized exchange aggregator CoW Swap. Aave DAO member EzR3aL pointed out that the related swap fees have been directed to a private address controlled by Aave Labs instead of the DAO treasury. He questioned the adjustment of this flow without consulting the DAO and argued that the fees should belong to the DAO. EzR3aL claimed that at least $200,000 worth of ETH flows into a certain entity's pocket every week, with the DAO potentially losing up to $10 million in annual revenue. Aave Labs responded by stating that the rights to the website's front-end components and application interface are legally owned by them.