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Oh &#%[email protected] Seriously!? Top DeFi Debacles of 2021
There were many WTF moments in DeFi this year. Here's some choice debacles.
CREAM Finance Exploited for $130M in DeFi’s Third-Largest Hack
DeFi lending protocol CREAM Finance has been exploited for over $100M, according to data compiled by security firm Peckshield.
CREAM Finance Attack Leads to $23 Million Loss in AMP and ETH
New token standards introduce complexity that DeFi applications are still learning how to grapple with. Prime example: Money market CREAM Finance was hit with a reentrancy attack on Aug. 30 that allowed attackers to drain $22.8 million in Flexa’s AMP…
Jam Session #2: Lending Giants Feat. Stani, Rune, Leo and Calvin
Chiefess of the Defiant, Camila Russo assembles the chief voices of the biggest lending protocols in town from Compound, Aave, MakerDao and CREAM Finance for a spirited debate on the world of DeFi lending.
Yearn Finance Ecosystem Breakdown –– Pushing the Boundaries of Human Coordination
Yearn Finance surprised the DeFi world late last year when the project announced a flurry of mergers with Cream, Pickle, SushiSwap, Akropolis, and Cover in the span of a week. While the Cover merger ended, the remaining teams continue to…
Pancakeswap, Cream Finance, Suffer DNS Attacks
Hackers compromised PancakeSwap’s and Cream Finance’s websites yesterday. The Domain Name Service (DNS) attack modified the affected protocols’ website to display a request for the user’s seed phrase, which, if submitted, would compromise their entire account. PancakeSwap and Cream urged…
You Stole $37M, Now What? The $CREAM $ALPHA Exploit Unpacked
Last weekend Alpha Finance was hacked to the tune of $37m but this was a hack so specific and well-informed it was immediately assumed to have been an inside job. Have you ever wondered what happens when a hack goes…
Flash Loan Attacker Drains $8M From Warp Finance
Investors are depositing millions into new DeFi protocols launched by anonymous developers, at times only to be wiped away in a hack. The latest to suffer that unfortunate fate is Warp Finance. Promising to be a money market where users…
Flash Loans, and Attacks - Explained
After five attacks and millions of dollars lost due to an exploit, this week we’re diving deep into the mechanism behind what made this possible: Flash Loans. Some called it a magnificent attack, some called it art. But there are…
Flash Loan Hackers Drain $16M+ From DeFi Protocols in One Week
Hackers were able to drain $16.4 million in ETH and Dai from DeFi projects Akropolis, Value DeFi Protocol, and Origin Protocol using flash loans, just in the past week. Value DeFi Attack An attacker on Value DeFi swapped flash-loaned ETH for…
Harvest Finance Grapples to Make Users Whole After ~$34M Hack
Harvest Finance, one of the latest DeFi projects to ride on the waning yield farming wave, was exploited over the weekend, shortly after its total value locked crossed the $1B mark. The hacker was able to drain $33.8M worth of…
Cream Finance Crosses $300M in Deposits
What happens when you fork Compound and add lending pools for DeFi’s most degen assets? You get Cream Finance.In under a month since launch, Cream has aggregated more than $300M in TVL, according to DeFi Pulse, largely thanks to CREAM…
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