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In the fast-paced realm of decentralized finance (DeFi), Aave DAO is confronting significant economic hurdles but is gearing up for a strategic overhaul. The Aave Chan Initiative (ACI), a key governance advocacy group, has unveiled a comprehensive report detailing the protocol's current state across Layer 2 (L2) and Layer 1 (L1) instances. With over half of these deployments deemed economically unsustainable and a whopping 86.6% of 2025 revenues stemming from the mainnet alone, ACI is advocating for targeted reforms to streamline operations and boost profitability. This proactive stance could reignite growth in Aave's lending ecosystem, drawing fresh interest from DeFi enthusiasts.
Unpacking the Economic Challenges
Aave's expansive multi-chain footprint has spread resources thin, leading to viability issues in several L2 instances. The report highlights how these underperformers drain value without generating proportional returns, exacerbating revenue concentration on the Ethereum mainnet. As lending margins narrow amid competitive pressures and market volatility, the protocol's overall sustainability is at risk. ACI's analysis underscores the need for ruthless efficiency—closing non-viable L2s to redirect capital toward high-impact areas. This isn't just about cost-cutting; it's a calculated move to fortify Aave's core strengths in a maturing DeFi landscape.

Key Reforms: From Fork Controls to GHO Expansion
ACI's proposals pack a punch, starting with a fork framework overhaul to curb value dilution from third-party initiatives like Spark. By tightening controls, the DAO can protect its ecosystem integrity while fostering innovation within bounds. Performance incentives tied to key performance indicators (KPIs) are also on the table, rewarding efficient deployments and aligning stakeholders with growth objectives.
Narrowing profit margins in lending call for diversification, and ACI is pushing hard for the stablecoin GHO's development. As a native asset, GHO could unlock new revenue streams through expanded credit lines, collateralized by BTC, ETH, and AAVE. This leverages Aave's battle-tested security to amplify financial firepower, potentially transforming borrowing dynamics.
Fueling Growth: Buybacks, Reserves, and Investment Strategies
To sustain momentum, ACI recommends a robust AAVE buyback program—$500,000 to $1 million weekly over the next 18 months—to support token value and community confidence. With over $100 million in reserve funds at its disposal, the DAO should channel these into growth initiatives and strategic distribution partnerships, accelerating adoption and liquidity.


Looking ahead, ACI plans to submit a growth investment principle framework, emphasizing GHO's role in enhancing leverage. These measures, if approved, could propel Aave toward renewed dominance, blending fiscal discipline with forward-thinking expansion. As DeFi evolves, Aave's reforms signal resilience and vision—prime territory for those tracking the next big protocol surge.
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#dot In a major new development for the ecosystem, the Polkadot Separation Autonomous Organization (DAO) has passed Proposal #1710 and set a supply limit for DOT tokens to 2.1 billion. With 81% of the community ratifying the measure, it represents a monumental change from the protocol's former model of unlimited issuance, which minted an estimated 120 million DOT per year. Emissions from minting new tokens will be reduced in three stages every two years to improve scarcity and align Polkadot’s tokenomics with sustainability. This model enhances the ecosystem’s tokenomics, which will be more beneficial in the long run.
Shift Towards Negative Inflation
Polkadot has a new Proposal 1710 which changes the monetary policy of the network. Previously, there was no limit to the supply of DOT tokens which negatively affected the network as tokens would be issued endlessly to facilitate network operations, reward staking, and fund the treasury. There was concern that the DOT token would in the long run suffer from inflation as the value would be diminished. The proposal states that these concerns will be addressed by imposing a supply cap of 2.1 billion DOT and reducing the issuance of new tokens every two years.
This mechanism aims to support the value of DOT which is expected to grow with the growth of the network. In order to reduce the inflationary effects of the ecosystem, the Polkadot DAO seeks to reduce the annual DOT issuance and stimulate consumption. The issuance of new DOT will be reduced in accordance with the set schedule, increasing the predictability and transparency of the new policy, which will enhance the stakeholders’ understanding of the DAO’s future initiatives.
The Polkadot Community Seems to be Ready to Governance
The 1710 Proposal’s approval is a great indicator of the governance model’s effectiveness. All the votes in favor represented 81%. These votes show many to be in support of the DAO made up of DOT token holders. The DAO allows community governance as it enables the decision-markers to come up with new protocols to be carried out to the network. The support on the supply cap reinforces the idea that stakeholders wish to protect the DOT economic balance and environmental integrity.
Concerning the approval of the proposal, there has been a lot of back and forth in the community. The views of the Polkadot’s founder Gavin Wood were also incorporated. He is of the view that During a livestream, he put forth a cap of 2.1 billion DOT. The community’s embrace of the leadership sentiment towards change indicates how governance over Polkadot works. The aim of Polkadot is to enhance the transparency and inclusiveness of a governance system which is one of the central elements of its decentralization.
Implications for the Polkadot Ecosystem as a Whole
The emission reduction policy which now restrict the supply of DOT circulated within the market to the tune of 2.1 billion Polkadots Dollars (DOT), comes with various implications for the Polkadot interoperable ecosystem. In a bid to the emission reduction, the protocol intends to create a propositional ecnomic environment, which will venture to deploy the ecosystem to institutional investors, developers, and other entities in a highly volatile world. Coupled with the Polkadot vision of enhancing new technologies innovations with ith parachains integrated blockchains, this will support the new shifting paradigms of the blockchain engineering with new autonomous specialized blockchains to inline easily with a her main relay.
The cap on the supply of the DOT and the introduction of sophisticated upgrades on Polkadot’s new version (polkadot 2.0) such as the Join Accumulate Machine (JAM) and improved inter blockchain communication will strengthen the ecosystem’s confidence with a still caped supply DOT. Strategically, it increases the chances of the Polkadots distributed interoperable blockchain network in the world.
Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
The positive aspects to the token supply cap are clear given its importance to Polkadot and the ecosystem overall, there are, however, challenges that arise in the wake of the cap. Lowering the overall token issuance will have direct consequences in the earning of staking rewards and the treasury inflow. Both will serve as main linchpins to network security and the broader ecosystem growth. These challenges will need to be addressed in order to sustain healthy competition and... and sustaining the ecosystem inflow to remain competitive. Furthermore, the success of model based on deflationary economics will rely on the expansion of the network’s usage and the overall transactional volume on the blockchain to create the requisite demand for DOT.
The challenges Polkadot will now face will be, on the other hand, somewhat of an innovation as there are few such protocols with capped token supply. In the blockchain space, more and more protocols have come to be scrutinized for their inflationary policies, and thus, the supply cap will provide Polkadot with an enhanced reputation. It is more than likely that positioning its tokenomics with such scarcity based principles will... the ecosystem, thus, gaining Polkadot a competitive edge for prospective investors and developers yearning for sustainable growth and positive economics.
Scheduled Meeting
The approval of Proposal #1710 is a remarkable milestone for Polkadot, as it shows dedication towards community governance and responsible economy policies. As the protocol applies the 2.1 billion DOT supply cap and starts emission reductions biannually, it will be interesting to see the effects it will have on the token’s market and coupled with other ecosystem variables. This change bolsters Polkadot’s competitive advantage in the blockchain realm and demonstrates how first movers in a decentralized network can undergo changes in response to shifting economic conditions.
The ecosystem’s growth will be a motivator for investors, developers, and community to remain active participants in Polkadot’s governance processes. The supply cap will enhance the resilience of Polkadot and ensure there is value in the network, enabling Polkadot to spearhead new developments in interoperable blockchain technology.
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