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Flash Loans

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Tech
Security
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.
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By Colin Harper
Mar 11, 2021 at 2:01 p.m. UTC
Mar 11, 2021
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Markets
Stablecoins
Warp Finance Suffers Possible $8M Flash Loan Attack
The scheme has become common in the fast-growing DeFi sector.
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By Kevin Reynolds
Dec 18, 2020 at 2:37 a.m. UTC
Dec 18, 2020
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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.
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By William Foxley
Nov 18, 2020 at 8:02 p.m. UTC
Nov 18, 2020
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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.
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By William Foxley
Nov 17, 2020 at 2:06 a.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2020
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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.
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By Muyao Shen
Nov 14, 2020 at 8:59 p.m. UTC
Nov 14, 2020
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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.
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By Colin Harper
Oct 30, 2020 at 7:22 p.m. UTC
Oct 30, 2020
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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.
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By William Foxley
Oct 29, 2020 at 7:06 p.m. UTC
Oct 29, 2020
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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.
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By William Foxley
Oct 29, 2020 at 5:45 p.m. UTC
Oct 29, 2020
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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.
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By William Foxley
Oct 26, 2020 at 5:05 p.m. UTC
Oct 26, 2020
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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.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jun 29, 2020 at 4:33 p.m. UTC
Jun 29, 2020
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