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bZx
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Ethereum
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the DeFi 'Flash Loan' Attack
Here's a plain-English breakdown of the bZx attacks and their broader implications for the budding DeFi markets.
By
William Foxley
Sponsored
Feb 19, 2020 at 10:50 p.m. UTC
Feb 19, 2020
Ethereum
DeFi
bZx
Markets
Podcasts
Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov on What DeFi Can Learn From Early Exchange Hacks
A breakdown of the role of price oracles in the recent DeFi attacks, plus what DeFi can learn from early exchange hacks.
By
Nathaniel Whittemore
Sponsored
Feb 19, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 19, 2020
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Dydx
Is It Exploitation Season for DeFi?
Are two recent attacks taking advantage of "flash loans," low liquidity and price oracle issues the first of more to come?
By
Nathaniel Whittemore
Sponsored
Feb 18, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
dYdX
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Flashloans
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DeFi Project bZx Exploited for Second Time in a Week, Loses $630K in Ether
The attacker manipulated price feeds in order to create and profit from an under collateralized loan.
By
Paddy Baker
Sponsored
Feb 18, 2020 at 1:04 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
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