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Mango Markets hacker allegedly feigns Curve short attack to exploit Aave

As described by analysts at Lookonchain on Nov. 22, tokens of decentralized exchange Curve Finance (CRV) appear to have suffered a major short-seller attack. According to Lookonchain, ponzishorter.eth, an address associated with Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg, first swapped 40 million USD Coin (USDC) on Nov. 13 into decentralized finance

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Ethereum price weakens near key support, but traders are afraid to open short positions

Ether (ETH) has been stuck between $1,170 to $1,350 from Nov. 10 to Nov. 15, which represents a relatively tight 15% range. During this time, investors are continuing to digest the negative impact of the Nov. 11 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of FTX exchange. Meanwhile, Ether’s total market volume was 57%

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‘Big Short’ Author Michael Lewis Spent Months With FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried and Is Writing a Book

“His childhood, early success on Wall Street, embrace of effective altruism and the creation of a crypto empire that catapulted him in record time into the ranks of the richest people in the world seemed more than sufficient for a signature Michael Lewis book,” the letter said. “The events of

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Ethereum sets record ETH short liquidations wiping out $500 billion in 2 days

Ether (ETH) is setting liquidation records this week as a comparatively modest price uptick reveals how bearish the market has become.Data from on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant confirmed that United States dollar-denominated short liquidations hit a new all-time high on Oct. 25. Two days, half a billion dollars of ETH shortsIt

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Crypto Markets See Largest Short Liquidations in 15 Months; Ether Leads Token Surge

Ether (ETH) jumped 10% to lead the surge among major cryptocurrencies, with Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL) and Dogecoin (DOGE) adding some 9% and bitcoin (BTC) adding a tamer 4.3%. The overall market capitalization of the crypto market increased 4% regaining the $1 trillion mark, a level previously seen in August. Original

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Nigerians’ passion for crypto is stopping short at the eNaira

Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) is not getting the warm reception expected from its crypto-savvy population.According to a Bloomberg report, less than 0.5% of Nigeria’s 217 million population are using the government-issued digital currency — the eNaira — a year after its launch.This comes despite Nigeria being identified by

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Crypto Game Axie’s AXS Token Gets Unlocked, Just as Short Squeeze Drives Up Price

Prior to the unlock, AXS was one of the worst-performing crypto assets by dropping 24% in a week, according to Messari. Traders positioned themselves for dropping further, building up shorts – bets designed toprofit from an asset’s price fall – and funding rates tilted overwhelmingly negative on most exchanges, according

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Bitcoin price crosses $20K as daily crypto short liquidations pass $400M

Bitcoin (BTC) spiked above $20,000 on Oct. 25 as risk assets benefited from new U.S. dollar weakness.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin taps three-week highsData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting highs of $20,191 on Bitstamp.The move came in tandem with rising United States equities, these

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