Mango Market hacker’s attempt to exploit Aave fails

Mango Market’s exploiter Avraham Eisenberg’s attempt to replicate his “highly profitable trading strategy” on Aave (AAVE) has failed, resulting in the loss of millions. CRV war was played out on #Aave yesterday and ended with the longer defeating the shorter. 1.🧵 ponzishorter.eth shorted $CRV by borrowing and dumping $CRV;$CRV guardians bought $CRV, soaring the price…

Optimism price slides 9% after $450M worth of OP tokens transferred from multisig

Optimism’s (OP) token shed over 9% of its value in the last 24 hours after the team made an unannounced transfer of $450 million worth of the tokens from its multi-signature wallet. We’re seeing some confusion about recent transfers of OP out of a multisig. This is expected—today we executed a series of planned standard…

MakerDAO votes to disable Aave DAI deposit to stave off Celsius risks

👋 Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! MakerDAO has announced the removal of the leading lending platform, Aave, as one of those with direct deposit module (D3M) access to its lending pool. The decentralized organization has decided to protect its protocol in case the ongoing Celsius crisis affects the…

US watchdog says it cannot block Musk’s Twitter purchase

It is no longer news that Elon Musk has acquired Twitter. But several entities and organizations have opposed the deal, including Open Markets Institute, which claims regulators can block the deal. However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr has responded by stating that the agency has no powers to prevent the acquisition. According…

Billions exited DeFi protocols last week, but newcomers like Cronos Chain show growth

Total value locked (TVL) across all platforms went down from $273 billion to $261,2 billion last week, according to DeFiLlama. At the time of writing, Cronos Chain TVL hovers around $781 million, up almost 41% during the past 7-day period. Meanwhile, Avalanche TVL rose 23%. Avalanche ATH Price, volume and volatility indexes were all down…

Aave is looking to deploy advanced new DeFi features in V3 protocol

Top DeFi protocol Aave is currently passing a governance vote for the implementation of V3. According to a recent post, the V3 protocol update is necessary to keep up with the continued growth of the DeFi ecosystem. “After these two years of substantial growth, this Aave Request for Comment (ARC) to Aave Governance seeks community…