Aave Labs Proposes Cayman Foundation to Hold Aave Trademark, IP

This is a governance-structure move rather than a product one: it tries to separate legal ownership of the Aave brand and codebase from the Labs entity, while keeping director appointments tethered to AIP votes. The design matters most for tokenholders and the DAO's negotiating position with any outside party, since IP held by a memberless Cayman foundation is harder to seize or unilaterally transfer. The open question is whether AIP-controlled appointment and removal proves meaningful in practice, or becomes a formality.