Mango Markets hacker allegedly feigns Curve short attack to exploit Aave
It appears that shorting of CRV tokens was a distraction shot to exploit a sophisticated loophole on DeFi platform Aave.
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It appears that shorting of CRV tokens was a distraction shot to exploit a sophisticated loophole on DeFi platform Aave.
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