Aave Founder Pushes Back on Ethereum Proposal to Cut Staking Rewards

Ethereum’s debate over staking rewards has intensified after Aave founder Stani Kulechov and SharpLink publicly opposed EIP-8363, a draft proposal that could eventually eliminate issuance-based validator rewards as more ETH enters staking. The proposal, called “Tapered Issuance Burn,” was published on GitHub on August 4, 2026. It would progressively burn a larger share of validator […]