How Flash Loans Work Flash loans use smart contracts, which are self-executing protocols with the terms of the agreement directly written into code on the blockchain. These loans are unique because ...

In the high-speed age of decentralized finance (DeFi), few technologies have thrilled—and terrified—so many eyeballs as flash loans. As an instrument for sophisticated users, flash loans enable anyone ...

A flash loan is a type of uncollateralized lending that is popular across a number of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols based on the Ethereum network. These types of loans have made headlines ...

The decentralized, credit-based finance system Beanstalk disclosed on Sunday that it suffered a security breach that resulted in financial losses of $182 million, the attacker stealing $80 million in ...

Flash loans allow users to borrow a high amount of assets without having to provide any upfront collateral, this is often used by miscreants to launch attacks on DeFi protocols. New Free DAO, a ...

Ethereum-based DeFi platform Makina Finance has lost 1,299 ETH, worth around $4 million, after hackers successfully manipulated prices on one of its USDC liquidity pools. According to PeckShield and ...

Finance is being transformed by blockchain and decentralized finance, or DeFi. A pastime for cryptocurrency buffs earlier, the space is now a mature global network of disruption to the way we view ...