User That Borrowed $80m Worth of Yearn.finance (YFI) Repays Loan

User That Borrowed $80m Worth of Yearn.finance (YFI) Repays Loan

Yearn.finance (YFI) has been under pressure over the past few weeks. The leading Ethereum-based coin has dropped dramatically from its $44,000 all-time high set around six weeks ago to a local low of $12,000 just 12 hours ago as of this article’s writing. The coin is up approximately 20% in the past 24 hours as […]


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