Aave founder Stani Kulechov dismisses reports of a Payward stake sale at a 70% discount, saying AAVE isn't for sale as DAO revenue tops $134M annually

$50M buyback framework against a ~$1.3B AAVE mcap is why the discount rumor had teeth: this isn't a passive governance token waiting for someday value accrual. Aave has already pushed toward surplus distribution via Umbrella, treasury-funded buybacks, GHO revenue, and Chainlink SVR liquidation MEV, so any strategic stake sale would reprice DeFi cash-flow tokens way beyond AAVE. A forced-looking 70% print would have handed bears a comp; Stani killing it fast keeps the valuation debate on protocol economics instead of cap-table distress.

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