Aave to launch ‘Aave Shield’ after $50M token swap mishap
In a post-mortem of the incident, Aave clarified it was not slippage, but an illiquid market that caused the trader to lose over $50 million while swapping USDT for AAVE.
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In a post-mortem of the incident, Aave clarified it was not slippage, but an illiquid market that caused the trader to lose over $50 million while swapping USDT for AAVE.
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Aave is showing up inside the DeFi theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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