Terra collapsed because it used hubris for collateral — Knifefight
The rise and fall of the Terra blockchain and family of related tokens is both one of the most convoluted and one of the most important stories happening in crypto right now. Assembled here is a plaintext explanation of what Terraform Labs built, why it got so big, why it imploded, what it means for the markets, and what you need to know to keep yourself safe from similar projects in the future.What exactly is Terra?Thats a great question, and we will answer it. But first, lets found a bank.Our bank will do all the usual bank things like take deposits, pay interest, enable payments and....
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It’s been five months since the Terra ecosystem collapsed as tens of billions of dollars in value disappeared from the crypto economy in a matter of days after May 7. Terra’s new Phoenix blockchain managed to restart the ecosystem to some degree and since the end of June, Terra’s total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has increased from $350,174 to today’s $41.55 million.
A Look at Terra’s Blockchain Ecosystem Over the Last 5 Months Since the Collapse
The Terra ecosystem fallout was a dark day for the crypto community when....
Mirror Protocol, a DeFi application built on the old Terra blockchain, was attacked by a $90 million exploit in October 2021, and it remained entirely undiscovered until last week. The attacker was able to unlock collateral from the protocol multiple times while just paying a little fee each time. Terra’s DeFi Attacked Seven Months Ago […]
ASTRO price rallied to a new all-time high after the launch of xASTRO staking and traders’ expectation that the Terra ecosystem will soon wage its own version of the “Curve wars.” Projects that launch on up-and-coming blockchain networks can often benefit from a low competition environment that allows them to attract new users and liquidity at a faster rate than crowded networks like Ethereum. A recent example of this is Astroport (ASTRO), an automated market maker (AMM) on the Terra (LUNA) network that has seen an influx of activity alongside the increased attention that is being focused....
HitBTC plans to list Terra's brand new token LUNA on May 27 as the suspended Terra Classic blockchain is expected to revive as Terra 2.0. Crypto trading platforms show initial signs of support for the revival of the collapsed Terra network by listing Terra's brand new token, also named LUNA.The HitBTC exchange took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce that Terra’s new chain token Luna will be available on its platform on May 27.The news comes amid Terraform Labs preparing to relaunch its protocol on May 27 and replace the old chain referred to as Terra Classic with the new chain called just....
At 12:14 p.m. (ET), the Twitter account operated by the Terra team announced that the Terra blockchain network had been halted. According to the Terra developers’ tweet, Terra validators needed to apply a patch to further disable delegations. ** This post was updated at 3:00 p.m. (ET) to reflect the fact that the Terra blockchain has resumed block production. Terra Blockchain Halts in Order to Prevent Governance Attacks, Team Says Restart Coming Soon At the time of writing, the Terra blockchain has stopped block production since the mid-afternoon Eastern Standard. The team’s....