What decentralization? Solend approves whale wallet takeover to avoid DeFi im...

What decentralization? Solend approves whale wallet takeover to avoid DeFi im...

There’s more trouble in DeFi as Solend launches a spur-of-the-moment move to crack into a whale’s wallet. On Sunday, the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector came under scrutiny again after DeFi protocol Solend put together a spur-of-the-moment governance proposal related to one of the whale wallets at risk of liquidation. The proposal, dubbed “SLND1 : Mitigate Risk From Whale,” was abruptly launched on Sunday without announcement and the vote closed with a 97% approval rating. The scandal comes on the heels of last week’s sudden layoffs from Coinbase and BlockFi, and the liquidation....


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