# ![@DefiIgnas Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::831767219071754240.png) @DefiIgnas Ignas | DeFi

The DeFi space is seeing a rotation of retail investors out of the market, with many selling their assets, while whales and smart money are buying. Several protocols, such as Lido DAO, are exploring ways to return value to holders, including buyback programs and yield strategies. The market is also seeing innovation in areas such as on-chain forex, non-USD stablecoins, and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols with real-world use cases.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  #6726 [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  #1840 [stocks](/list/stocks)  13.33% [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  #6305 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  6.67% [currencies](/list/currencies)  #1347 [social networks](/list/social-networks)  5.71% [countries](/list/countries)  2.86% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  0.95% [financial services](/list/financial-services)  0.95%

**Social topic influence**
[crypto](/topic/crypto) #686, [defi](/topic/defi) #44, [stablecoins](/topic/stablecoins) #492, [ethereum](/topic/ethereum) #261, [$eth](/topic/$eth) #2656, [ai](/topic/ai) 5.71%, [$aave](/topic/$aave) #14, [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) 4.76%, [farcaster](/topic/farcaster) 4.76%, [liquidity](/topic/liquidity) #3836

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@ceazor7](/creator/undefined) [@lfuckingg](/creator/undefined) [@strykrai](/creator/undefined) [@nftcrypto3](/creator/undefined) [@artem_oak](/creator/undefined) [@gwaadabiznis](/creator/undefined) [@defillama](/creator/undefined) [@messaricrypto](/creator/undefined) [@arjunnchand](/creator/undefined) [@phdayor](/creator/undefined) [@theadvisorbtc](/creator/undefined) [@stanikulechov](/creator/undefined) [@gm_upside](/creator/undefined) [@best_cryptobest](/creator/undefined) [@cryptorubic](/creator/undefined) [@lordchampaqui](/creator/undefined) [@grimmjow0x](/creator/undefined) [@sajibdeb_bd](/creator/undefined) [@ichaka_001](/creator/undefined) [@clankerworld](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Ethereum (ETH)](/topic/ethereum) [Aave (AAVE)](/topic/$aave) [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [USDC (USDC)](/topic/usdc) [Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN)](/topic/coinbase) [Fluid (FLUID)](/topic/$fluid) [Ampleforth (AMPL)](/topic/$ampl) [Solana (SOL)](/topic/solana) [Lido DAO (LDO)](/topic/$ldo) [Mask Network (MASK)](/topic/$mask) [Synthetix (SNX)](/topic/$snx) [Mantle Staked Ether (METH)](/topic/$meth) [Pendle (PENDLE)](/topic/$pendle) [Galaxy Digital Inc. (GLXY)](/topic/$glxy)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The recent Paraswap to CowSwap migration on aave.com looks like a minor product update. In reality it exposed a deeper and long-standing tension inside Aave. The conflict is not about http://x.com/i/article/1999683200604647424 http://x.com/i/article/1999683200604647424"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1999728596626342177)  2025-12-13T06:30Z 158.9K followers, 369.4K engagements


"I invested [-----] in crypto in total. All from [----] to [----]. Not a cent more of my fiat has gone into crypto since then. Only out to filthy fiat (to feed my familia). My salary was simply too low to invest more and I quit my job in [----]. Luckily I made great trades over the years: being early on ETH later this cycle buying SOL and finally rotating to HYPE at $12 USD. But to be fair it was airdrops that made me. More precise the DeFi summer airdrops: - I farmed $YFI from day one - Got $UNI $CRV $DYDX and almost all notable airdrops from DeFI summer - The highest airdrop Ive ever received was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021893863494062419)  2026-02-12T10:27Z 158.9K followers, 111.7K engagements


"Lido DAO proposes a dynamic buyback of up to 70% for $LDO With over $145M in stables and stETH sitting idle the DAO is looking to return value to holders. These assets generate no revenue. Time to put them to work. The proposal: 70% of NEW incoming assets $LDO buybacks 30% retained for ops & strategy Why like this To ensure the DAO doesn't run out of development money. There are some 'safeguard thresholds' the DAO should not cross. - If Treasury sits between $50M and $85M buybacks drop to 50%. - If the liquid treasury falls below $50M buybacks stop. Great to see a DeFi giant being serious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1953511684049445118)  2025-08-07T17:40Z 158.9K followers, 35.7K engagements


"Suppose you sell crypto and need to hold USDC without touching it for a year. And EURC Where do you put it to maximize yield while sleeping well Most yields require active management (moving from vaults deposits changing contracts etc.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1954904904444858647)  2025-08-11T13:57Z 158.7K followers, 136.8K engagements


"Wen $MASK Stay tuned. Since [----]. We really need to know why the waited so long. Regulation Bad market"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1968964298744418575)  2025-09-19T09:04Z 158.9K followers, 21.5K engagements


"$ORE mining reminds me of early $AMPL rebase stablecoin days: - Innovation in tokenomics - Confusion on how it works - EV huntooors who profit from that confusion - Gamblers who like the rush - Speculators on token price Finally some crypto native innovation that's fun unique and unites all cohorts of crypto users. (Except for institutions - they can play with stablecoins and BTC). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986922742550254041 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986922742550254041"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1986922742550254041)  2025-11-07T22:24Z 158.7K followers, 17.7K engagements


"You'd think with all the exploits in DeFi insurance would be huge. It's not. Nexus Mutual remains the only real player with $144m TVL. Everything else like Cover protocol already died. I guess insuring 4% yields at 1.4% to 2% cost isn't attractive to still retail driven crowd. And now protocols just build their own insurance pools anyway (Aave's $1m deposit insurance). Interesting thing is $NXM trades unlike 99% of alts: it's actually up YTD and manage to 2x since [----]. But is still relatively low at $138M FDV. When institutions fully embrace DeFi things could change. A good token to put on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1991100585026683246)  2025-11-19T11:05Z 158.7K followers, 27K engagements


"My wishlist stats for Ethereum L1 - [--] second bloc time - [--] block finality - up to [---] tps (hard ask) - $0.01 tx cost (already happening) Then all Defi and retail swapping can happen on the L1. Liquidity on AMMs and Defi wouldnt be fragmented and network effects would grow. L2s would still be needed for perps gaming etc that require higher tps and lower costs But they would not canibalize on the L1. Is it too much too ask You can just build on L1. You can just build on L1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1995795619710177436)  2025-12-02T10:02Z 158.9K followers, 31.1K engagements


"It is amazing to see stablecoins entering mainstream. Renting a bike and the guy asked if I can send USDT. But my brain immediately started to think how to send [--] usdt without doxxing my networth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1999772576273608784)  2025-12-13T09:25Z 158.7K followers, 121.3K engagements


"Everyone looking at charts right now: "I don't trust this pump.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2002034511610364041)  2025-12-19T15:13Z 158.8K followers, 19.5K engagements


"I rarely get hate in comments but my support for $INX is that rare case. Yes they messed up the sale. Yes $INX might flop. Yes Kain has 'history' with $SNX. But I want to support builders who have big vision who are not afraid to experiment and FAIL. Who have been here for years and shipping despite being in the position to max extract and leave. It's absurd how builders with genuine products get more hate than multiple memecoin shillers and pure scammers. Infinex admitted their sale flaws and changing the terms. Many fail to adapt to the feedback. If you don't believe in their vision that's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2008507785428832598)  2026-01-06T11:55Z 158.7K followers, 23.8K engagements


"Thoughts of Ethereum native stablecoin Enshrined on Ethereum itself. Many L2s are playing with their native stablecoins like MegaETH. But they are centralized focused on yield Yet Ethereum with native stablecoin and $ETH as collateral would be powerful: - $ETH volatile and bet on cypherpunk vision - $mETH (stablecoin) store or value and payments for risk averse people Importantly both would be non-sovereign assets https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010331354941080017 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010331354941080017"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2010331354941080017)  2026-01-11T12:41Z 158.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Why: - used Tornado Cash - straight to jail But - using Railgun no jail Both are privacy tools but where is the line between legal and straight-to-jail tech https://t.co/NcFVqQzDts https://t.co/NcFVqQzDts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2011747450311360675)  2026-01-15T10:29Z 158.7K followers, 43K engagements


"Maybe I'm just short-term thinking but no yield on stablecoins is good for DeFi: - Yield on USDC on Coinbase or holding via Circle - Stablecoins never leave their ecosystem - No yield on stablecoins - Users forced to chase yield in DeFi. This generates revenue for DeFi protocols promotes innovation and new models. $AAVE $PENDLE $FLUID and other protocols would benefit. Although native yield bearing stablecoin wrappers would be cool. Something like wstUSDC. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012622918786654472 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012622918786654472"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2012622918786654472)  2026-01-17T20:27Z 158.8K followers, 28K engagements


"Two major BTC datapoints look bullish: - ETF inflows increasing - Whale selling decreasing More importantly: BTC's correlation to NASDAQ is dropping. This matters because institutions want uncorrelated assets in their portfolios. Yes BTC dumping on macro uncertainty while gold rips is frustrating. But it's not new. According to BlackRock's research: "Short-term trading behavior occasionally diverges." Yet they still believe BTC "as a global decentralized fixed-supply non-sovereign asset" that has a distinct risk/reward profile vs traditional assets. 4-year cycle believoors and OG whales"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2013598312817885232)  2026-01-20T13:03Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@A_Leutenegger @Morpho Yeah. But for crypto it should not matter where you are from because the decentralized nature of it should protect of country specific risks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2013958907748667757)  2026-01-21T12:56Z 158.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Central Bank of Iran bought $507m in USDT to support the value of the Iranian Rial. Paid in AED dirhams Received USDT on Tron Moved to Nobitex (Iran's biggest exchange) Bridge from Tron to Ethereum Sold for rials to support their fiat-shitcoin It worked as Rial recovered. They should use Bitcoin though: Tether had already frozen 37m USDT. And in June pro-Israel hackers stole $90m in crypto by hacking Nobitex CEX. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014000701794591022 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014000701794591022"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2014000701794591022)  2026-01-21T15:42Z 158.8K followers, 17.6K engagements


"Farcaster getting sold. Farcaster raised $180 million across two funding rounds at a $1 billion valuation. Will there be a token though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2014034928715878622)  2026-01-21T17:58Z 158.7K followers, 41.1K engagements


"BTC: - either rips upwards catching up with gold & silver - or macro crash happens and BTC dumps hard. . and then rips hard up anyway when printing machine is turned on again. This lack of volatility will soon end in any case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2014732824943694043)  2026-01-23T16:11Z 158.7K followers, [----] engagements


"These crypto IPOs are no fun: Bitgo Ledger Bullish Kraken Gemini Consensys even Certik. Zero upside for crypto natives. I used Ledger where is my airdrop lol I only got my private data leaked. Seriously Galaxy at least tokenized $GLXY after IPO - that's the crypto spirit. Make onchain amazing. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014786551646228638 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014786551646228638"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2014786551646228638)  2026-01-23T19:45Z 158.7K followers, 22.2K engagements


"BTC price prediction based on Manufacturing PMI is dumb: PMI stayed below [--] in [----] and early [----] yet BTC pumped from $16k to $73k If you waited for PMI to reach [--] you would've missed 350% pump Also US Economy is 80% services and less than 15% manufacturing GDP (Yes I gemini'ed it) Claiming Bitcoin is driven by liquidity institutional adoption (now ETFs) gold and fiscal dominance makes sense. Manufacturing doesn't The bull market Bitcoin blow off top starts forming when this PMI index starts printing above [--] again until then . PATIENCE The index has been completely flat since the late"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2014796723999408454)  2026-01-23T20:25Z 158.8K followers, 10.6K engagements


"2025 was a seismic year for DAOs: - Uniswap realigned the DAO with Labs - Jupiter paused governance for [--] months - Scroll shut its DAO Indeed DAOs are governed by a few. Incentives for delegates dry out and many are closing shops. On a flip side value accrual to tokens increased - Lido adopted a buyback framework - Uniswap burnt $600M in UNI & turned fee switch on - Fluid & Aave both turned on buy backs - Cow Protocol increased solver profitability Intern cooked on this one https://t.co/k82DEI5r1M https://t.co/k82DEI5r1M"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016106396526510105)  2026-01-27T11:09Z 158.7K followers, 20.9K engagements


"DeFi TVL yet to break [----] ATH. Yet back then TVL was different: built on leverage DeFi looping farms and notably UST ponzi. Current TVL has less leverage is more sustainable. In general leverage in crypto feels relatively low. Borrowing is cheap and risks are largely outside of crypto. We have so much potential to pump when market sentiment returns. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016129959874724226 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016129959874724226"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016129959874724226)  2026-01-27T12:43Z 158.8K followers, [----] engagements


"I have [--] positions on Echo. Overall up by 1.42x or +42%. Most still pre-TGE. But outperforming spot altcoins. We'll see where this ends up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016832584463094202)  2026-01-29T11:15Z 158.7K followers, 12.2K engagements


"@DefiLlama looks cool. $AAVE as example. Limited governance rights :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016846175274414289)  2026-01-29T12:09Z 158.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Tether is the new bank. Similarly to banks why would Tether give the yield if they can keep it We are just shifting power from one group of players to other corporations while users and decentralization suffers. Yet we will do well. People will flee to Defi to earn yield. We can see Kraken and Coinbase creating Cefi wrapper vaults on Defi. This will generate fees to our beloved defi platforms making their tokens valuable. Whatever happens we will do well. INTEL: Tether backed a U.S. market structure bill that would ban yield-bearing stablecoins aligning with traditional banks INTEL: Tether"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016909279106589072)  2026-01-29T16:20Z 158.7K followers, 15.2K engagements


"@enesonchain a few people are bullish on it. but it seems like insider game to me idk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016973718329651346)  2026-01-29T20:36Z 158.7K followers, [----] engagements


"We're clearly entering 'depression' phase of crypto sentiment. My X timeline is filled with anger sadness and hopelessness: - @ThinkingUSD claims "$SOL and $ETH are fundamentally uninvestable." As Google could replace it if they wanted. - Notable members of crypto projects leaving (vesting cliff reached) - Degens claim Binance sold $1B of crypto instead of buying. Misunderstanding that USERS of Binance sold but whatever fud works - All attention that was in crypto flowing to AI bots and metals. Hard to have viral alts in this environment - Betrayed ex-gf of Justin Sun exposing his alleged"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2017923057919402188)  2026-02-01T11:28Z 158.8K followers, 34.3K engagements


"@lookonchain These are already sold amounts right Just settling the balances now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018311964611453070)  2026-02-02T13:14Z 158.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Hyperliquid's (HIP-4) is cool: If Outcomes compose with perps you can long ETH + buy an 'ETH below $2k' outcome as a hedge and your margin drops because the positions offset each other. Polymarket or Kalshi can't do this. Another innovation is permissionless deployment. Polymarket curates its markets but if Hyperliquid lets anyone create markets the long tail of degen markets opens up. I'd like governance vote events or maybe degen memecoin events Probably will require some $HYPE staking like HIP3 Otherwise 'murder events' pose risk for HL. Another one is settlement. Polymarket suffers from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018347515381453268)  2026-02-02T15:35Z 158.8K followers, 83.9K engagements


""Financial operating system" is the sexiest framing for Ethereum. Digital oil Oil isn't shiny nor the price going up. Governments work hard to suppress its cost as high prices are bad for world's economy. Financial operating system makes you think of Microsoft's Windows but for global finance. And just like Windows you run apps on it. But those apps are financial which means they require much higher security standards than anything Microsoft deals with. Windows makes money because every app runs on it. Ethereum is same for Aave Uniswap Maker every major stablecoin every L2. They all settle on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018352085314756714)  2026-02-02T15:53Z 158.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Farcaster doing $168M annualized in fees. Wait what It was supposed to be "sold" "shut" or dead It's actually Clanker revenue that Farcaster acquired Clanker in October [----]. Clanker is a token launcher on Base that lets you deploy memecoins by tagging @clanker on Farcaster. Now all protocol fees go toward CLANKER buybacks. The interesting part: AI agents can launch or have tokens too. Austin Griffith (Ethereum Foundation dev scaffold-eth creator) deployed an AI agent called clawd.atg.eth* @clawdbotatg Community launched a token for it via Clanker and transaction fees flow to the agent's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018683677556019531)  2026-02-03T13:51Z 158.8K followers, 18K engagements


"*$CLAWD chart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018683692303237445)  2026-02-03T13:51Z 158.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Deleted my earlier Aave x MegaETH post. It mentioned the 6% MEGA token allocation which was in the original proposal last year. The final vote has different terms: An option (2) with $2M/year revenue guarantee only. Or another with points. Option [--] won. No points and no tokens. Just a $2M per year revenue floor for [--] years. But MegaETH has the sole discretion to give points or tokens if they wish to :) Notably ACI abstained (accounting for 30% of all voting power). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018686247020208346 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018686247020208346"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018686247020208346)  2026-02-03T14:01Z 158.8K followers, 11.4K engagements


"Interestingly I had launched tokens on Zora and other platforms as well and nobody noticed. Yet after launching on Clanker I got DMs comments etc showing that @clanker_world has actually a big user base. I will not trade that token or launch others on Clanker. Will keep that token as my sole token for Farcaster. Dumb name but will do. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018691772071686579 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018691772071686579"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018691772071686579)  2026-02-03T14:23Z 158.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@bubblemaps @obsrvgmi @AdiFlips @0xdoug @SpecterAnalyst @OnchainLens @StalkHQ Wow how did i get it:)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018735048271516013)  2026-02-03T17:15Z 158.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Weirdly I already lost the mental attachment to my ATH number of my portfolio. Just a month ago it used to bug me for failing to sell the top. But this market bleed replaced FOMO with a new mental state. Now my brain tells me to protect what I got survive and research new opportunities. This is how acceptance feels"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019011572643856820)  2026-02-04T11:34Z 158.7K followers, 27.6K engagements


"@lizziejohnsonnn Immediately start a Substack turn on paid subscriptions and post there. You have the attention. Could make it work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019122608034218462)  2026-02-04T18:55Z 158.8K followers, 29K engagements


"@WazzCrypto Miss those We lost the art of great memes this cycle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019434834566004989)  2026-02-05T15:35Z 158.7K followers, [---] engagements


"My gut feeling is that crypto natives are selling now because they expect a [----] style crash. We're all watching Ray Dalio warn about the Big Cycle ending. We all see AI bubble posts. Watch same unemployment numbers same WW3 fears etc. Then S&P doesn't dump. But crypto does. We're selling to each other. We're just vibe traders always online front-running each other. Being terminally online helped us be early on NFTs memecoins AI vibe coding before everyone else. But it also means we all trade the same direction at the same time. We FOMO as one and then we panic dump as one. Like in Pluribus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019443514032156857)  2026-02-05T16:10Z 158.8K followers, 48.9K engagements


"@Pentosh1 I laughed. thx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019446890228494378)  2026-02-05T16:23Z 158.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Here are 13+ crypto bear market memes to help you cope:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019525753369686322)  2026-02-05T21:37Z 158.8K followers, 18.7K engagements


"Biggest lie that the US administration pushes crypto is to beat China. China doesnt want to do anything with crypto. Just ban and restrict it as much as possible. *CHINA BANS UNAPPROVED YUAN-LINKED STABLECOIN ISSUANCE OVERSEAS *CHINA BANS REAL-WORLD ASSET TOKENIZATION ACTIVITIES *CHINA BANS UNAPPROVED YUAN-LINKED STABLECOIN ISSUANCE OVERSEAS *CHINA BANS REAL-WORLD ASSET TOKENIZATION ACTIVITIES"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019775908958077044)  2026-02-06T14:11Z 158.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@Octop3s @zerion @AlliumLabs @MessariCrypto @DefiLlama Use Claude Code. Chat or Cowork didn't work for me. Although i used almost all Allium API limit with two tasks lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2020444929189691774)  2026-02-08T10:29Z 158.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@RyanSAdams @coinbase @matt_levine I think we are slowly moving towards this future. X changed API to pay as you go. Claude also offers this option and I bet more companies will change pricing. When Netflix adds watch-as-you go subscription it's over for the old sub model. Can't wait"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2020986503808065918)  2026-02-09T22:21Z 158.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@0xNairolf Totally rinsed by crypto projects influencers VCs etc. How prediction markets are marketing to Gen Z is also short-term thinking as they will (already are) getting rekt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021167937952813224)  2026-02-10T10:22Z 158.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Wormhole's cool and thanks for the $W airdrop but. Anyone who used it knows the UX is one of the worst. I bridged test tx - all good Then move to send main assets: tx failed and token gone. WTH You then need to "Redeem" the token by inputting tx hash - normie can't do it. 2/ in all things cross-chain UX is paramount and IMO Wormhole delivers the best UX. it has taken years of investment to build out not only Wormhole Connect but also support for all [--] configurations of moving value across chains: asset-pegging native-token-transfers and 2/ in all things cross-chain UX is paramount and IMO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1775595433538334747)  2024-04-03T18:45Z 158.9K followers, 220.1K engagements


"Select [--] alts' % from ATH: ICP: 99% DOT: 95% AVAX: 89% NEAR: 88% APT: 85% ADA: 84% UNI: 84% ZEC: 82% DOGE: 78% LTC: 77% TON: 77% LINK: 73% AAVE: 73% XLM: 70% SUI: 67% MNT: 59% TAO: 58% SOL: 53% HYPE: 39% ETH: 38% XRP: 38% BNB: 34% TRX: 32% XMR: 29% BTC: 25%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1989334208821780734)  2025-11-14T14:06Z 158.9K followers, 39.7K engagements


"Farcaster is admitting what everyone felt for a while. The decentralized social network never found real PMF. Despite [---] years of trying and a few successful adoption spikes. X networks effects too hard to break free from. Instead Farcaster will focus on being a wallet first social network second. user signs up funds wallet uses the wallet finds it useful while using wallet user finds social features "Its far easier to add a wallet to a social network than a social network to a wallet." - DWR come for the tool stay for the network It seems the same strategy Base app is built on."  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1997915182073626802)  2025-12-08T06:24Z 158.9K followers, 610.3K engagements


"Crypto Truths & Lies for the Year 2026: Instead of predictions I share my truths and lies to spot the next big crypto trends. Read it here: https://www.ignasdefi.com/p/crypto-truths-and-lies-for-the-year-647 https://www.ignasdefi.com/p/crypto-truths-and-lies-for-the-year-647"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2012151169293205997)  2026-01-16T13:13Z 158.9K followers, 31.1K engagements


"Aave Labs revenue outpaces Aave DAO revenue from Cow swap partner fees in six months. This used to flow to the DAO and could've been used for $AAVE burns. To be clear: the DAO still makes $13M per month in total protocol revenue. But $5M in fees quietly changed hands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018336982842401214)  2026-02-02T14:53Z 158.9K followers, 23K engagements


"AI vibing tools are improving but many APIs that were previously free now require payment limiting my ability to experiment. e.g. a few months ago Claude could scan my EVM and Solana wallet history and make great reports. Now it failed at the task hitting AI limits. API limits and paywalls are becoming significant bottlenecks for me. And I also believe API providers with unique data are selling shovels in this AI gold rush. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020176704921301434 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020176704921301434"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2020176704921301434)  2026-02-07T16:43Z 158.9K followers, 12.1K engagements


"I'm not trading right now. Here's what I'm doing instead: AI vibe-explore crypto via APIs: e.g @zerion API @AlliumLabs for wallet analytics building trackers etc. @MessariCrypto .md skill & API Nansen-cli @DefiLlama and many more. Research and try them out by analyzing your wallets giving you onchain data. Whatever. The goal is to learn while doing. Extra: try trading using AI agents via @moltdotid @TradeBoba. Please share more as this is on my to-do list. For degens: check out tokens launched by AI agents. Won't tag here but some do well. Quite a few launch on @clanker_world -------- Check"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2020441832443011307)  2026-02-08T10:17Z 158.9K followers, 23K engagements


"Healthy market if UNI pumps after such news Imagine if this headline failed to pump it. This UNI purchase by Blackrock validates that tokens with utility are worth investing. $AAVE could be next if they didnt have equity + token collision. JUST IN: BLACKROCK IS BUYING $UNI ON THE MARKET AFTER 'MOVING INTO DEFI' WITH ITS BUIDL PRODUCT https://t.co/8G48zVNJMk JUST IN: BLACKROCK IS BUYING $UNI ON THE MARKET AFTER 'MOVING INTO DEFI' WITH ITS BUIDL PRODUCT https://t.co/8G48zVNJMk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021595575699788211)  2026-02-11T14:41Z 158.9K followers, 39.5K engagements


"@arjunnchand I don't like it. They could come back if BTC ETH and SOL go 5x from here. Because degens like me would rotate some of those gains to gamble on memes for fun. But without market recovering first these memecoins are a land of mines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021895191536296198)  2026-02-12T10:32Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"If trading is the best opportunity so Tradfi is very attractive now: - Regulated brokerages - less risk of getting hacked or rugged - multiple retail hot stocks to play with - Tradfi is gonna be 24/7 trading soon. Huge crypto only benefit lost We should offer something more than just trading https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021909412454015243 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021909412454015243"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021909412454015243)  2026-02-12T11:29Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@PhDAyor Ohhh i lied in the post. Just realized that LIT was my last airdrop lol. And a good one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021918288373015019)  2026-02-12T12:04Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@CryptoGirlNova now that is amazing. Crazy story but 1k or 10k the message is the same: crypto helped build crazy wealth but now it is hard to do it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021941542194126977)  2026-02-12T13:36Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Some very good decisions here notably on revenue flow to the DAO and Aave brand ownership under a new Foundation entity. This '100%' number is sexy to sell. I understand the need for funding. Either 25m or 50m is out of the scope of my knowledge as 1) running services in crypto 2) competing with other protocols is expensive. Yet why the need for the AAVE tokens Are they going to be sold Is there a promise those tokens will not be used to vote thus changing the power balance in the DAO Also why the rush to shut down the V3 so quickly. I am asking not just as DAO member but as a user it takes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2022059251842093403)  2026-02-12T21:24Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@Artem_Oak Good points sir I agree on the 75k AAVE instead of stablecoins and giving more time before moving funds from the V3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2022069261687255291)  2026-02-12T22:04Z 158.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Most DAOs are run by three groups: [--]. core team/foundation [--]. professional delegates [--]. token whales Professional delegates exist because 1) most token holders ignore governance 2) 95% of votes are "upgrade to v4.2.1" and 3) someone has to get paid to care. This setup was meant to prevent attacks like Compound's in [----] where a whale bought tokens and voted to drain $24M in $COMP tokens because only [--] addresses voted. No one cared to vote. This tri-alliance has multiple flaws from Vitalik mentioned vulnerability to capture and weakness to human politics. Compound itself is now basically run"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2013220654829515101)  2026-01-19T12:03Z 158.9K followers, 12.5K engagements


"@NYSE Key is: what blockchains"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2013300993958477880)  2026-01-19T17:22Z 158.9K followers, 65.9K engagements


"@chainyoda Paraswap fees did. Aave Labs just voluntarily decided to 'grant' it to the DAO. Correct me if i am wrong here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018679468814966919)  2026-02-03T13:34Z 158.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@rezoshm Loll we can collaborate on the token"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018725713365422289)  2026-02-03T16:38Z 158.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@ZeMariaMacedo First thought reading this; Farcaster founders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021547291488977053)  2026-02-11T11:30Z 158.9K followers, [---] engagements


"$ETH 3000-3500: skeptics pay attention 3500-4000: maybe a strong rally is possible 4000-6000: holy shit I better get allocated. Its going to 10k 6000-10k: ETH won the L1 wars. Going to 20k+ For months the bears dominated the ETH narrative. Now the higher the price goes the stronger the believe. A self fulfilling prophecy. Do you believe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1945515952759787965)  2025-07-16T16:08Z 159K followers, 84.4K engagements


"$FLUID should catch up with $CRV - TVL: Fluid $1.5B vs Curve $2.5b - Trading volumes: Fluid does 2x the Curve volumes - Monthly fees: Fluid generates $5.37m vs Curve's $1.9m At $10m annualized revenue $FLUID will start buy backs. That number is $66m now. I love Curve but FLUID seems a better bet now. Disclaimer: I hold loads of FLUID https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946208888824721597 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946208888824721597"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1946208888824721597)  2025-07-18T14:02Z 159K followers, 27.9K engagements


"You thought $ETH holders were in pain Pls check on our $ATOM friends. They are REKT beyond belief: -26% over the past [--] years and -89% from ATH. While $ETH caught up with BTC. Cosmos ecosystem never recovered after the $UST collapse (I got rekt too on $UST / $OSMO LP pool). Yet Cosmos tech is used by $INJ $TIA $DYDX Babylon etc. but good tech price. The recently launched Eureka bridge to EVM / Solana (soon) didn't pump price. Is there anything $ATOM can do to pump again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1954850159688634546)  2025-08-11T10:19Z 158.9K followers, 66.8K engagements


"1/ Record number of $ETH is in the unstaking queue: 671k $ETH = $3.2B USD What's more queue wait time reached record of [--] days. Why is it happening A few reasons:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1955934691347063065)  2025-08-14T10:09Z 159K followers, 271K engagements


"Plasma launch is a great DeFi reset. On Ethereum first mover advantage helped many protocols hold their lead with sticky TVL. That is why DeFi [---] tokens often still trade at higher valuations than newer DeFi assets. Plasma leveled the field. Capital now flows to platforms that deliver security innovation and capital efficiency not just legacy brand. Aave unsurprisingly leads by TVL while Fluid and Euler prove the boring 'capital efficiency' matters as it translates into higher yields for LPs. If more capital moves from Ethereum/L2s into Plasma the valuation gap between old and new DeFi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1971544907614675227)  2025-09-26T11:58Z 158.9K followers, 31.5K engagements


"If I want to avoid doxxing my wallets sending USDC I do this: Wallet1 CEX Wallet2 I cant use mixers (straight to jail) Who's building something legally compliant without KYC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1986743915765199145)  2025-11-07T10:33Z 159K followers, 201.6K engagements


"My whole X timeline is crypto-only now. God I love it here. Especially when the market is green"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2011199161061032435)  2026-01-13T22:10Z 159K followers, 34.9K engagements


""In the coming months we're (Robinhood) planning to unlock 24/7 trading and DeFi access which will allow investors to self-custody their stock tokens with possibilities for lending staking and more." First in the EU then in the US. So bullish. https://t.co/ZczWF8rMrs https://t.co/ZczWF8rMrs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016502262302982150)  2026-01-28T13:22Z 159K followers, 43.7K engagements


"@binji_x Kast works well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021522823974355199)  2026-02-11T09:52Z 159K followers, [----] engagements


"@0xfluid @VenusProtocol @BNBCHAIN Huge one Fluid proves not just technical dev skills but also amazing BD execution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021526423593242883)  2026-02-11T10:07Z 159K followers, [---] engagements


"@solana @kamino @Anchorage @Solana_Company NGL this is amazing innovation. Want to see more of it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021572291675484497)  2026-02-11T13:09Z 159K followers, [---] engagements


"It's very simple truly. Governments don't suffer if people lose their money insiders trade on non-public info etc. It doesn't challenge the government Same with phone snatching in London or crime on the streets. It's a nuisance but they don't care that much. But privacy in crypto. Man that challenges their power. Or mocking a politician on X. That'll get you in trouble in Germany the UK etc. Because governments only act when their authority is challenged and not when their people are harmed. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021575942158602372"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021575942158602372)  2026-02-11T13:23Z 159K followers, [----] engagements


"@wojaktldr @thedefivillain Claude cowork"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021576144085045694)  2026-02-11T13:24Z 159K followers, [--] engagements


"@arjunnchand Like me and other old degens in crypto waiting for institutions to pump our BTC and ETH bags. Similarly memecoin degens need our exit liquidity money to buy their memecoins. Otherwise they will get rektitty rektidy rekt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021896430538174583)  2026-02-12T10:37Z 159K followers, [---] engagements


"Remember SatoshiVM The future of Bitcoin L2 is in discussions of getting acquired. It was shilled by so many KOLs. $SAVM trading at 1.3M market cap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1904573288158028283)  2025-03-25T16:37Z 158.9K followers, 46K engagements


"Mind-blowing moments after discovering something new about crypto are now rarer. Those mind-bending innovations that take time to really understand. And when you do you think "OMG that's f***ing amazing" I remember getting mind-blown after learning about: - Flash loans - Rebase token / Supply adjustment ($AMPL) - AMM: x * y = k and how impermanent loss rekts you - MEV (Sandwich attack) - YFI: free token has value - Liquidity mining - giving tokens for free to boost liquidity - veToken (the OG flywheel model) - Fluid's Smart Debt (borrowed assets as liquidity) What are some new mind-blowing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1929866582185984453)  2025-06-03T11:43Z 158.9K followers, 53.6K engagements


"Tired of the noise on CT Read more crypto research publishers to catch the signal: - @castle_labs: Protocol deep dives - @Kairos_Res: Sector deep dives - @ournetwork__: Data-driven narrative research - @blocmates: Degen's paradise - @OAK_Res_EN: Monthly market reports & data dashboards - @ChorusOne: Enhance your crypto understanding - @OnChainWizard: For traders and degens alike VC research (beware of some bias but gain VC insights): - @ZeePrimeCap writings and @mattigags' contributions - @dragonfly_xyz (visit their website for research) - @placeholdervc (fewer posts in [----] but still"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1932739761585991961)  2025-06-11T10:00Z 159K followers, 87.9K engagements


"$MON was the last alt I bought (and sold). Haven't made a trade in [--] months now I need that dopamine of aping and believing in 10x. But all charts look ugly. Surprising actually. Even during previous bear runs we had outliers that managed to get CT excited. Even something retarded like Hamster race token or even SAFEMOON. Now all launched tokens go down only. Just give us something already. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014451631182495893 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014451631182495893"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2014451631182495893)  2026-01-22T21:34Z 158.9K followers, 19.7K engagements


"Twitter was better than X. - Thread Articles. You could quote tweet specific arguments. The new algo now kills threads. - Short 280-character tweets forced concise thinking. The art of brevity is super needed in this AI slop world. - 'For you' reduced the need to follow new accounts making it tough for new creators to grow. To grow now you need loud polarizing clickbait posts. - Creator payments distort incentives: Twitter was about organic idea-sharing for the sake of it. Not commercialized attention that incentivizes spam bots and rage-bait. View count is great though. Elon & Nikita are now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2014827172847075567)  2026-01-23T22:26Z 159K followers, 77.2K engagements


"The argument for a bear market is general mental exhaustion of crypto natives. People close to me feel worn out after a rollercoaster of emotion. Being in crypto means you're excited one day as the market pumps stressed another because a token you were checking pumped 10x and angry another day because someone rugged you. This matters since crypto is retail driven especially altcoins. We need to rest recover mentally adjust our mental state to the new number on your portfolio page to feel curious about aping into new tokens. But now seeing everything reach ATHs while crypto is stagnant is even"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016836797351768148)  2026-01-29T11:32Z 159K followers, 10.2K engagements


"I personally feel crypto sentiment is the worst. More depressing than [----] Covid or FTX crash. - [----] was indeed early. Even if we didn't know if crypto survives stakes or failure were lower. Our (my) bag exposure was lower. - Covid crash was severe and for a moment I'd thought IT"S ACTUALLY OVER. But it was brief and recovery came quickly - FTX crash happened after huge progress in mainstream crypto adoption and retail interest. We felt validated and even memed Facebook into rebranding to Meta. Innovation was all over us and crypto was the future. FTX crash was just a necessary blood letting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018279904622870721)  2026-02-02T11:06Z 159K followers, 43.3K engagements


"And most importantly i trust holding crypto in binance more than any other cex. Although i dont hold much on cexs anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018314402705936519)  2026-02-02T13:23Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"You need to survive three crypto cycles to make it: - First for learning - Second for earning - Third for generational wealth - Fourth for generational wealth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019452594368721071)  2026-02-05T16:46Z 159K followers, 13.2K engagements


"@Amandyks Prediction markets could make some people rich via airdrop farming. But i start to doubt that they will do this way. Maybe a small airdrop. But VCs will get their grip on PMs. Trading on PMs though still like gambling but with a fancier facade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021902347690291400)  2026-02-12T11:00Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@Artem_Oak shutting down the v3 earlier boosts adoption metrics for the v4. Many teams want that. Uniswap's approach could work perhaps: incentivize liquidity migration via emissions instead of forcibly push it via market depreciations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2022070505604628933)  2026-02-12T22:09Z 158.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Crypto needs more non-USD stablecoins: As DXY is down by 9.5% in just [--] months even those sitting in USDC/T are losing out on forex opportunities. For example in just one week the Swiss franc is up 8% but there is no liquid CHF stablecoin available. I believe this onchain forex is a massive opportunity in the market. Synthetix was building it but they failed. Are there any other DeFi projects working on this CC: @alpha_pls :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1910667480848335288)  2025-04-11T12:13Z 158.9K followers, 94.3K engagements


"Just chilling holding $ETH $BTC $HYPE and DeFi alts like $FLUID Yet the chilling will end when we move to a real alt season aka the Banana zone. New internal crypto Ponzi games new metas new narratives. The REAL fun about to start. Better rest for a few days more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1946963573789589614)  2025-07-20T16:01Z 158.9K followers, 18.5K engagements


"Timely Aave DAO vote to shut down three L2 deployments: [--]. zkSync [--]. Metis [--]. Soneium Due to: - Low and persistent usage - No signs of organic growth - No credible short-term path to becoming meaningful contributors to the Aave ecosystem Ouch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018803808755957944)  2026-02-03T21:48Z 158.9K followers, 18.1K engagements


"I thought claims that Epstein created Bitcoin were exaggerated. But checking Reddit retail genuinely believes BTC dumped because of it. When people sell for the wrong reasons there's usually an opportunity . somewhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2019718641055658232)  2026-02-06T10:23Z 158.9K followers, 20.2K engagements


"Call me delusional but I still believe in Bitcoin catching up to gold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2020603273204695395)  2026-02-08T20:58Z 158.9K followers, 20.1K engagements


"I'm glad $ZRO pumped post ZERO L1 announcement: Their execution was great. All involved parties coordinated timely the technical write-up has good storytelling especially the founder's personal relationship with crypto. Touching. It's awesome that they didn't launch a new token They could have chosen to do it. I'm also glad to see devs shipping products. I love the fact that they're offering competition to Canton with similar institutional partners for tokenization. Even if market makers are playing with $ZRO the lack of immediate pump after the announcement gave everyone time to position."  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021578819786969299)  2026-02-11T13:35Z 158.9K followers, 13.6K engagements


"@theadvisorbtc I plan to use crypto i already hold to trade but not putting more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021949337132314924)  2026-02-12T14:07Z 158.9K followers, [----] engagements


"First Cathie Wood and now the CEO of OKx coming after Binance. C. Wood blamed the 10/10 crash on a Binance 'bug' yet Binance in their statement claimed the crash happened due to 'overall market conditions.' Their "core futures and spot matching engines and API trading remained operational" while "Binance accounted for a relatively low proportion of the total trading volume." I always thought OKx was an 'ally' of Binance notably due to the attack against Hyperliquid with JELLYJELLY perp listing on both CEXs at the same time. That's why this Star's quote post is so revealing: an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2016471975099789392)  2026-01-28T11:22Z 158.9K followers, 98.9K engagements


"Binance is still best CEX from user perspective. Listing choice aside. But truly - super quick customer support - fast crypto and importantly EUR withdrawals - many chains supported - never asked for additional proof of wealth reports (Bitstamp tortured me for weeks recently) - no weird account closures - low fees Etc etc Its still the north star for UX for crypto companies. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018314116746576086 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018314116746576086"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2018314116746576086)  2026-02-02T13:22Z 158.9K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Learning crypto was much harder than learning AI now. We had to go to forums or ask on X to check why my transaction stuck on Metamask and then learn how to reset wallet RPC etc. Then get scammed once or twice while doing so. Learning to use AI is fundamentally different: You try to build stuff it doesnt work and you ask AI how to make it work. Repeat until it works. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020211269911924774 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020211269911924774"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2020211269911924774)  2026-02-07T19:01Z 158.9K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Crypto isn't cool because we optimized for Boomers. ETFs and regulation are necessary but we sold out the original spirit to get them. In the process we sidelined the actual majority. [----] Gemini survey found 51% of Gen Z owns crypto. More than Millennials (49%) and Gen X (29%). Even worse by focusing on dumping on boomers we've completely sidelined Gen Z. They're cooked by tradfi worried about AI taking jobs unaffordable housing. And crypto fails to offer a solution. Now I bet that Gen Z is leaving crypto at the fastest rate. They got rekt on memecoins NFTs gamefi and every other retail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021164522623635716)  2026-02-10T10:09Z 158.9K followers, 17.2K engagements


"Base app charges a 1% swap fee. Thats why I wouldnt use it beyond 'testing' the app. But a 1% fee is very attractive if I knew Id get a $BASE airdrop. Heck it maybe even a 5% fee is worth it. This is what Vitalik writes: "Charging users fees but paying them back in protocol tokens I think is also reasonable: it's effectively turning your users into your investors by default which seems like a good thing to do." I believe more apps could rank up their fees in exchange of tokens. It's been done in the past: LooksRare charged a 2% fee but distributed 100% of those fees to $LOOKS stakers. It was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2021963105300037749)  2026-02-12T15:02Z 158.9K followers, 36.8K engagements


"Sexy proposal by Aave Labs: - 100% of the revenue to the DAO - Aave branding IP given to a new Foundation I've been critical of Aave Labs exactly due to value leakage from the DAO. But this seems like a big compromise from Aave Labs that $AAVE holders should like. Instead of revenue Aave Labs would ask for an annual budget from the DAO. I truly believe that whatever the amount builders BD marketing etc. should be generously rewarded for their work. We've seen what happens when builders are not paid well. Ethereum Foundation devs leave and join other well financed projects. So Labs should not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/2022067185318080636)  2026-02-12T21:55Z 158.9K followers, 18.3K engagements


"@letsgetonchain I agree. And i love this plan personally for myself. Probably it wont attract the degen crowd though"  
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