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Aave Price Recovers Back To $57, But Threat Of New Attack Looms Over Protocol

Reynaldo Marquez by Reynaldo Marquez
4 months ago
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The Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave suffered an attack led by Avraham Eisenberg. The controversial individual was behind a sophisticated run against Mango Markets. The run has been called an attack by some and a clever strategy by others. 

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Aave (AAVE) trades at $57 with a 7% and 36% loss in the last 24 hours and the previous week, respectively. Curve Finance’s native token CRV was also part of the attack. This token has seen significant selling pressure in the short term but has been trending to the upside over today’s trading session. 

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AAVE’s price moving sideways after a downside trend on the daily chart. Source: AAVEUSDT Tradingview

Orchestrating An Attack On Aave, First Attempt?

Rudy Kadoch, founder of the portfolio management project Nested, summarized yesterday’s event and the “Bad Debt” attack on Aave. According to this report, Eisenberg borrowed $83 million of CRV and used $50 million of stablecoin USDC as collateral on the decentralized finance platform. 

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Eisenberg published the thesis that supported this strategy in October 2022 via his Twitter account. It was public, and his objectives were perfectly outlined: to leverage his initial capital to influence the price of an illiquid token, such as CRV or Ravencoin (RVN), in hopes of creating “bad debt,” an excess liability assumed by the protocol. 

Check out recent activity in the @CurveFinance $CRV pools on @AaveAave V2!

Over the past couple of days, the $CRV pools on Aave have seen a significant increase in both borrow rate and volume, likely to go short on $CRV. 👇 pic.twitter.com/Hx5Bt42Ks6

— Messari (@MessariCrypto) November 22, 2022 

To pay off this debt, Aave would trigger an auction mechanism that involves selling AAVE on the spot market. By taking a short position on this token, Eisenberg would benefit. 

I’ve been advised aave is perfectly safe so here’s the potential trading strategy. Not financial or legal advice, but if you do make 9 figures on this feel free to send a tip

Note that starting with more initial capital increases success odds and profit percentage pic.twitter.com/HKAF7Y5ogM

— Avraham Eisenberg (@avi_eisen) October 19, 2022 

By prompting the price of the underlying collateral, the Aave borrower can double or increase its price by five-fold “at least.” This attack was unsuccessful, as Kadoch noted, due to a lack of capital. The actor was trying to liquidate a CRV whale to create a bad debt. 

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However, as the attack was being carried out, the team behind Curve Finance released the whitepaper for a stablecoin, crvUSD. This announcement supported the price of the token and shifted the trend. Kadoch noted: 

– $sdCRV, $cvxCRV, $yCRV depegged a lot with more than a 10% discount to get back $CRV.

– People are paying more than 200% to borrow $CRV.

– People telling Aave is not secure while the system was ready for such an event.

The Future Of Aave In Jeopardy?

On the other hand, the protocol operated as intended without centralized intervention. The team behind Aave claims that they will talk with the community and the DAO about the recent incident. 

In that sense, the protocol might introduce changes in the coming days to mitigate “long tail asset risk.” Many believe Eisenberg will resume its attack on the protocol once he can pool together more capital. 

You can call it attack on AAVE, but I actually think they made a mistake by not implementing a hard cap on how much CRV/other illiquid coins can you use as a collateral on AAVE. Otherwise you get a similar problem as with FTT.

— DeFiac (@TheDEFIac) November 23, 2022 

The “Bad Debt” attack on Aave was like the situation that led to the FTX’s collapse. The failed company issued held massive amounts of FTT, its native token. When the price of the asset crashed, Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire followed. 

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Unlike FTX, as many users pointed out, everyone can access on-chain information about Eisenberg’s transactions, the state of the protocol’s finance, and the amount of bad debt it held on its balance sheet. This transparency is the critical difference between centralized ecosystems and decentralized protocols. The team behind Aave stated:

Most importantly, today’s events are in contrast to those we have seen with centralized entities in the space – the transactions were entirely traceable and auditable on-chain, providing transparency for users and the community.

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