Aave’s Roadmap and SOC2 Push

Aave Labs unveiled the “Aave Will Win” framework on Feb. 12, 2026, proposing that 100% of product‑layer revenue be routed into the Aave DAO treasury. (coindesk.com) The accompanying ARFC asks the DAO to approve a one‑year operational budget of $25 million in stablecoins plus 75,000 AAVE to fund GHO, Aave Pro, the Aave App, and developer tooling. (kucoin.com) An off‑chain temp‑check held through March 1, 2026 registered roughly 52.58% support and advanced the proposal into the ARFC stage for more detailed budget and accountability votes. (coindoo.com) Aave ran a $1.5 million, year‑long V4 security program that logged 345 review days and a Sherlock public contest with ~900 participants, and the published audit cycle reported zero critical or high‑severity findings. (dailycoin.com) The V4 architecture formally adopts a hub‑and‑spoke liquidity model to consolidate cross‑chain capital, and the Aave Labs codebase was frozen at v0.5.9 in February 2026 for security‑driven remediations and test‑suite hardening. (cointelegraph.com) Aave’s Horizon RWA initiative has accumulated about $550 million in institutional deposits with a $1 billion 2026 target, while the Aave mobile app (launched in November) is being positioned to reach one million users as part of consumer expansion. (kucoin.com) Independent analyses place Aave’s recent protocol‑level net revenue near $100 million annualized, and governance debates have focused on redirecting an estimated ~$10 million of annual swap‑routing revenue back to the DAO under the new framework. (coinalertnews.com)