Kraken parent Payward and its clients bought AAVE tokens, an investment that follows talks first reported by CoinDesk in June that included a proposed equity stake in Aave Group. CoinDesk
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What does a large exchange holding a DeFi protocol's token mean for how independent that protocol is?
