Who Actually Owns the Aave Brand -- the DAO or Labs? Uneasy Money

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Marc Zeller walks the crew through DeFi's biggest brand battle. Must the Aave DAO own the brand and IP? 🔥 EPISODE LINK 🔥 👉 https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-aave-labs-and-the-dao-should-split-ownership-of-the-brand-uneasy-money/ 👈 Thank you to our sponsors: • Multichain Advisors: Your Strategic Partner Through Your Biggest Growth & Capital Milestones. http://multichainadv.com • Sign up for Mantle’s hackathon here: https://www.hackquest.io/vi/hackathons/Mantle-Global-Hackathon-2025 Aave DAO on Christmas Day lost the vote to take control of Aave brand assets, but the fight is likely not over. In this Uneasy Money episode, Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) founder Marc Zeller takes hosts Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan inside the fight over one of DeFi's biggest names, teasing a “phase two” of the fight. Listen to how Aave Labs was forced to the negotiating table and why backing down is not an option for the DAO. Could Aave DAO pay off Stani Kulechov? Plus, why is Infinex's ICO getting so much flak and are claims of insider trading on Polymarket misguided? Hosts: ⭐️ Kain Warwick, Founder of Infinex and Synthetix ⭐️ Taylor Monahan, Security at MetaMask Guests: ⭐️ Marc Zeller, Founder of the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) Timestamps: 🚀 00:00 Introduction ⚔️ 2:16 How the fight for the ownership of Aave's brand began ❕️ 9:11 What it takes for an onchain entity to own a brand 🧏‍♂️ 11:13 Why it is important for Aave DAO to own the brand and the IP+ 👀 26:24 Is the Aave DAO willing to pay off Stani? 💡 30:36 How Aave can sustainably run its front end 🫠 37:38 Why Infinex's ICO is attracting so much flak ⁉️ 49:30 What did MegaETH do different? 🧏‍♂️ 53:16 How Kain says prediction markets should work 🤯 1:03:02 Why the $400K Polymarket trade is not insider trading 👀 1:10:55 What Tay says prediction markets should do to cover the understanding gap ⚠️ 1:15:44 Why it is important that Vitalik continues to advocate for Ethereum's core ethos ⚡️ 1:24:05 How the Ethereum Foundation's credible neutrality ethos has set Ethereum apart #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! CHECK OUT THE CRYPTOPIANS → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFzunCFXrv4 WEBSITE → https://unchainedcrypto.com UNCHAINED DAILY NEWSLETTER → https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ LAURA'S TWITTER → https://x.com/laurashin UNCHAINED TWITTER → https://x.com/unchained_pod FACEBOOK → https://www.facebook.com/unchainedwithlaurashin INSTAGRAM → https://www.instagram.com/laurashin/?hl=en LINKEDIN → https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurashin/ MERCHANDISE → https://unchainedpodcast.company.site/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW EPISODES OF UNCHAINED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY! ALONG WITH BITS & BIPS AND THE CHOPPING BLOCK Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 YOUR NO-HYPE RESOURCE FOR ALL THINGS CRYPTO!