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Unchained

How Aave Labs and the DAO Should Split Ownership of the Brand - Uneasy Money

Unchained

Laura Shin

News, Tech News, Business News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Thank you to our sponsors, Multichain Advisors and Mantle! 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. Plus, why is Infinex's ICO getting so much flak and are claims of insider trading on Polymarket misguided? Hosts: Kain Warwick Taylor Monahan Guests: Marc Zeller, Founder of the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) Links: Uneasy Money: Why Token Holders Have No Rights & Why Every DAO ‘Has Failed’ Aave Labs Proposes Off-Protocol Revenue Sharing With Token Holders Aave’s Rushed Governance Vote Draws Backlash Infinex Changes INX Token Sale Terms After Low Demand MegaETH Just Had Its Public Sale. Can It Succeed in Building a Web2-Like Experience? Polymarket Introduces Taker Fees in 15-Minute Markets Polymarket Resolves Issues After Polygon Network Disruption How to Trade Prediction Markets Without an Opinion on the Event Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Says Blockchain Trilemma ‘Has Been Solved’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's these people that are doing, that are getting some wrong in the society and then they complain to the society itself and say, hey, that should not be allowed because I'm very sad.

0:10.9

That's usually what's a low income from.

0:14.0

The point of insider trading laws is not to stop the fairness in the market. It is to stop someone expropriating

0:25.2

information that they got from a privileged position stealing from the company that you got the

0:31.2

information from. Not it's a lot about the people that are trading against you on the NASDAQ, right?

0:36.7

When people call the Maduro bet inside trading one, show me anything that shows that

0:43.8

information was insider, right?

0:45.4

There's a lot of threads on Twitter right now and let me tell you, especially the like

0:49.0

look on chain dudes who are like, I'm a sleuth, look at me.

0:52.1

They're wrong.

1:01.6

Welcome to uneasy money, because what happens on chain never stays on chain.

1:04.9

I'm here with my co-host Taylor Monaghan, security at Benemask.

1:10.3

And today we have a very special guest, Mark Zeller, founder of the Ave Chan Initiative, ACI,

1:11.9

a provider for the AVEA Dow.

1:16.9

One quick thing before we start, nothing new here on uneasy money is financial advice.

1:19.3

We're just three builders talking about what's happening on-chain,

1:22.2

and we want you to always do your own research before aping it.

1:27.5

You can find all of our disclosures at unchained crypto.com slash uneasy money.

1:33.4

Multi-chain Advisors is an emerging technology growth firm that has helped create 50 plus billion dollars in enterprise value for 80 plus clients over the past four years.

1:38.9

They're the partner to help navigate markets. Build real traction today at multi-chain adv.com.

1:46.9

Where do you find a clear signal in a world of static? In a time of rapid change, cut through

1:52.3

the noise. The economist goes beyond the headlines to decode the forces shaping today

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