dYdX Attacked: Mass liquidations hit dYdX’s V3 Yearn Finance (YFI) market Friday night. YFI is down 40%, dYdX’s insurance fund was forced to pay out $9M, and the exchange’s founder is calling it an attack!
This was pretty clearly a targeted attack against dYdX, including market manipulation of the entire $YFI market
We are investigating alongside several partners and will be transparent with what we discover https://t.co/djWHaaPIua
— Antonio | dYdX (@AntonioMJuliano) November 18, 2023
Contracts outstanding on dYdX’s YFI market had risen steadily since November 8, increasing from $0.8M to $67M on Friday. YFI gained 160% during this period, and dYdX accrued more YFI open interest than any other perpetuals trading platform.
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