Degens borrowing ETH to get fork tokens create headaches for DeFi platforms
Aave has halted ETH lending until the Merge has gone through, while Compound Finance has opted to cap the number of loans and introduce a “jump” interest rate model. The growing number of speculators taking out Ether (ETH) loans to maximize their potential to earn forked Ether Proof-of-Work tokens (ETHPoW) has been causing headaches for decentralized finance protocols. The issue has been gaining traction over the past month or so, given that a significant number of Ether miners are expected to continue working on a forked PoW chain, or possibly even multiple chains post the long awaited....
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