A handshake agreement has kept DeFi from toppling, for now
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Mika Honkasalo is a DeFi researcher and the creator of Access Protocol. In this episode, Honkasalo provides analysis on whether or not the $BALD memecoin saga could have ties to Alameda Research, and how a handshake deal prevented a near on-chain catastrophe in the DeFi lending market. Outline: 01:16 - $BALD debacle on Base 04:51 - $BALD deployer's ties to Alameda 08:14 - What's next for Coinbase's Base 09:16 - Crypto rugpulls 10:39 - Leetswap exploit 11:37 - Curve DeFi leverage 14:38 - Viper exploit 15:44 - OTC Curve buyers 17:37 - What's next for Curve? 19:06 - What's next for DeFi? 21:35 - Closing thoughts
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