Aave’s governance framework confirms that Aavenomics 3.0 is now active, with automated AAVE token buybacks running and DAO operational spending reduced, completing a governance roadmap the protocol has built toward since mid-2024.
The activation follows passage of the Aavenomics Part One ARFC and the Aave Will Win framework, which together established the immutable buyback and revenue-routing structure now live. Protocol revenue currently runs at approximately $402 million annualized, based on DefiLlama’s trailing seven-day window, with all-time fees exceeding $2.21 billion. Buybacks under the prior discretionary program had already acquired more than 205,000 AAVE tokens, roughly 1.28% of total supply, since launching in April 2025, per Aave’s governance forum.
The original buyback mandate, passed as the Aavenomics Part One ARFC in early 2025, authorized the Aave Finance Committee to execute $1 million per week in AAVE purchases from secondary markets for the first six months of the mandate. That program was committee-directed: the AFC could resize, pause, or redirect it without a protocol-level change.
Aavenomics 3.0 replaces that structure with an immutable, non-discretionary mechanism that routes all Aave Protocol and GHO revenue to AAVE holders without requiring committee sign-off on each cycle.
