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OpenZeppelin's 'Defender' Gives DeFi Teams a Weapon Against Flash Loan Attacks
Flash loan attacks have filched nearly $150 million from DeFi projects since 2020.
By
Colin Harper
Sponsored
Mar 11, 2021 at 2:01 p.m. UTC
Mar 11, 2021
Security
DeFi
Flash Loans
Markets
Stablecoins
Warp Finance Suffers Possible $8M Flash Loan Attack
The scheme has become common in the fast-growing DeFi sector.
By
Kevin Reynolds
Sponsored
Dec 18, 2020 at 2:37 a.m. UTC
Dec 18, 2020
Stablecoins
DeFi
Flash Loans
Tech
Defi
DeFi Exploits Can’t Be Pinned on Flash Loans, Industry Leaders Say
DeFi’s novel flash loan products aren't to blame for the recent string of exploits, industry leaders say.
By
William Foxley
Sponsored
Nov 18, 2020 at 8:02 p.m. UTC
Nov 18, 2020
DeFi
Flash Loans
Exploits
Markets
Oracles
Origin Protocol Loses $7M in Latest DeFi Attack
Stablecoin project Origin Dollar (OUSD) sustained a re-entrancy attack at 00:47 UTC Tuesday resulting in a loss of funds worth $7 million.
By
William Foxley
Sponsored
Nov 17, 2020 at 2:06 a.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2020
Oracles
Origin
DeFi
Flash Loans
Markets
Decentralized finance
Value DeFi Suffers $6M Flash Loan Attack
The latest flash loan attack in the decentralized finance world has caused a total loss of $6 million.
By
Muyao Shen
Sponsored
Nov 14, 2020 at 8:59 p.m. UTC
Nov 14, 2020
Decentralized Finance
Flash Loans
CoinFlash
Tech
Governance
MakerDAO Members Voting on a Safeguard Against BProtocol Flash Loan-Type Attack
The MakerDAO community is voting on a proposal to harden the protocol's governance structure against flash loan voting.
By
Colin Harper
Sponsored
Oct 30, 2020 at 7:22 p.m. UTC
Oct 30, 2020
Governance
MakerDAO
DeFi
Flash Loans
Tech
Defi
Harvest Finance Boosts Bounty to $1M for Information Leading to Return of Exploited Funds
Harvest Finance is offering $1 million for information leading to the return of funds from Monday's $24 million exploit.
By
William Foxley
Sponsored
Oct 29, 2020 at 7:06 p.m. UTC
Oct 29, 2020
DeFi
Flash Loans
Harvest Finance
Tech
Governance
'Flash Loans' Have Made Their Way to Manipulating Protocol Elections
BProtocol used a flash loan to speed up election results on MakerDAO. The DeFi platform is now weighing changes to its voting process.
By
William Foxley
Sponsored
Oct 29, 2020 at 5:45 p.m. UTC
Oct 29, 2020
Governance
MakerDAO
DeFi
Flash Loans
Tech
Defi
Harvest Finance: $24M Attack Triggers $570M 'Bank Run' in Latest DeFi Exploit
Harvest Finance has seen its total value locked drop by more than $500 million in the 12 hours since being hit by a flash loan attack.
By
William Foxley
Sponsored
Oct 26, 2020 at 5:05 p.m. UTC
Oct 26, 2020
DeFi
Flash Loans
Harvest Finance
Exploits
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News roundup
Blockchain Bites: EY's Auditing Slip and Bitcoin's Long Line of Pseudonymous Developers
Balancer fell victim to a "flash loan" exploit while a shareholders association said EY should have caught Wirecard's multi-billion blackhole earlier.
By
Daniel Kuhn
Sponsored
Jun 29, 2020 at 4:33 p.m. UTC
Jun 29, 2020
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