Revenue is critically important for DeFi protocols. Sustainable, consistent revenue is what proves that DeFi can evolve beyond pure token speculation into durable businesses backed by balance sheets. Aave will always follow a revenue-led protocol strategy. Over the next 12 months, the focus will be on growing and diversifying revenue streams, improving margins through GHO, and building a captive user base with the Aave App as a distribution layer owned by AAVE tokenholders.(Stani)