According to Odaily, the leading decentralized finance lending protocol Aave has entered a period of governance turbulence, triggering internal debate, market volatility, and a major whale sell-off that has drawn attention across the DeFi sector. The controversy originated from a recent operational change by Aave Labs, which altered the routing of swap transactions on Aave’s front end. The protocol shifted from ParaSwap to Cow Swap, a move that effectively redirected a portion of swap-rel