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Report identifies 18 serious 'non-financial risks' for DeFi

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Beyond the obvious financial risks, there are a number of technical risks DeFi users should be aware of.

 

A November report by data and research company BraveNewCoin has highlighted a number of serious ‘non-financial’ risks in decentralized finance. The financial risks involved with DeFi have been well documented, but the new report delves into more technical concerns associated with Ethereum-based smart contract finance protocols.

 

The report, penned by BNC analyst Xavier Meegan, begins with scalability risks which anyone dealing with DeFi in September this year will be familiar with. Network congestion resulting in high gas fees and failed transactions can cause DeFi protocols to malfunction or not work as intended.

 

During the height of the yield farming frenzy, average Ethereum transaction fees skyrocketed to record figures around $15. The report cited the Black Thursday event as an example;

“We saw this happen on Black Thursday in March 2020, when actors in MakerDAO (liquidators) could not access auctions to bid on collateral,resulting in collateral being sold for free.”

Numerous smart contract vulnerabilities were cited, including reentrancy risk which occurs when a contract sends ETH before updating its internal state. The $25 million dForce attack in April is an example of a reentrancy exploit.

 

Flash loans (where assets can be borrowed and repaid within the same transactions) can exploit this, with notable examples this year including bZx, Opyn, Harvest Finance, and more recently Pickle Finance.

 

Oracles also pose a risk as a smart contract may receive deceitful or innacurate input regarding off-chain values or asset prices due to the manipulation of information from the provider or a malicious actor.

 

Protocol design can pose a risk if it can be manipulated to benefit cyber-criminals. Composability is a good example of this whereby a DeFi protocol needs to rely on another protocol to function. The report noted that the "money Lego" concept of interconnectivity within the ecosystem opens it up to further risk;

“The current inter-connectedness of DeFi is extremely similar to how traditional finance was before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2007–08.”

There is also centralization risk associated with DeFi, if protocols are controlled by a central intermediary or governance is controlled by a few whales. Uniswap’s first governance vote was a good example of how a small number of players can attempt to control the outcome. Additionally, the bulk of stablecoins used in DeFi are centralized and controlled by corporations.

 

Reliance on Infura as a node infrastructure operator is also risky as the industry found out during the minor outage in mid-November. Infura provides cloud-based Ethereum clients so that users do not have to run their own nodes.

“An estimated 63% of the Ethereum community use Infura as their preferred method of interacting with the blockchain. What are the consequences if Infura does not function as expected one day?”

The report added that there were several other risks such as economic incentive risk, financial illiteracy risk, and regulatory risk. It concluded that there was also the risk of more risks being found making the entire ecosystem sound like one big financial nightmare!

source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/report-identifies-18-serious-non-financial-risks-for-defi

 

Investing on DeFi can be risky especially now that its hype may have gone down at this point, as some investors found out the hard way when DeFi tokens start plummeting last few weeks ago. And to add insult to injury, a recent report has been published that identifies a few more reasons why DeFi is indeed risky.

 

The link to that report is here. Take note - the report itself can be freakishly long.

 

Going back to the article by Cointelegraph, it briefly explained that there are half a dozen or so risks associated with DeFi's scalability, along with risks on other areas like: inputting false off-chain value data on oracles, design and composability risks stemming from poor planning and/or intentional scams, tokens being controlled by a centralized authority and/or a few whales, and over-reliance on Infura, which the report described as a risk due to it being provided by just a single entity - Ethereum's ConsenSys.

 

The large amount of risks that DeFi currently face is no joke. But if taken in a positive light, the report can serve as a helpful advice to the current and future serious DeFi projects. Addressing these issues may be a daunting task, but once resolved, DeFi will become more useful and secure.

 

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This report must be read by all users who are investing on Decentralized Finance.Some concerns like Smart Contract Vulnerability seems really concerning in my opinion. At this time , companies are pushing their products in hurry as for competing and many dapps(Justswap particularly) aren't that much effective. I have seen mostly in Tron Blockchain. Which makes me doubtful that there may be the bugs in application too. But bug bounty Hunters are working, so there isn't that much to worry.

I didn't understand the precise Smart Contract Vulnerability in the report as my coding skilss aren't that much great. But as mentioned in earlier portion these are very less in number.

Scalability risks seems already solved in other blockchain than eth as other network aren't that much congested. However Eth2.0 will solve this.

And Talking about oracles risk, It's kinda not possible for wrong information to pas through nodes in my view as far I know. They checks many APIs before entering data and considering the plethora number of nodes. Until someone is coming with huge mindset to attack we won't see oracle error. However for newly launched oracles with small number of nodes its matter of concerns.

The risks are there but vulnerability in code seems is the one that really needs to be look in my opinion.

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@Ridam Indeed, the points made in the report isn't something to be easily dismissed by traders and investors if they want to get the most out of their investments in DeFi.

 

The report itself may be long, but the author wrote it in a way that is pretty understandable. IMO, each point is worthy of more in-depth discussions, as the explanations given are not enough if you ask me.

 

If there is something an average crypto user can get out of all this, it is that sloppily made DeFi projects may be a sure sign of a scam. Better watch out.

 

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1 hour ago, kyoukage01 said:

@Ridam

 

If there is something an average crypto user can get out of all this, it is that sloppily made DeFi projects may be a sure sign of a scam. Better watch out.

 

It's long but it's worth reading. And for Average Crypto users, I also like to add we should double check holdings of token by whale. If there is chance that he/she may dump the token at peak then we must be aware about that already. We have seen that in sushi swap by the founder Chef. So taking note of that earlier is must in my opinion.

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I think these is the more reason why individuals shouldn't venture into processes and concepts that they don't understand fully, personally I am still trying to get acquainted to the whole Defi concept. 

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As it is cleared at first that non financial risks should be explained then other than the non financial risks may be that it may loss it's reputation . It may be less useful. It may be less popular and defi tokens may be also become down.

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I think these are even more reasons why people shouldn’t take the initiative about processes and ideas that they don’t fully understand, personally I’m still trying to get acquainted with the whole defi concept.  By working here you can earn a lot of money in a short time.

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On 12/12/2020 at 11:32 AM, kyoukage01 said:

The large amount of risks that DeFi currently face is no joke. But if taken in a positive light, the report can serve as a helpful advice to the current and future serious DeFi projects. Addressing these issues may be a daunting task, but once resolved, DeFi will become more useful and secure.

In case of Ethereum blockchain-based DeFi platforms, scalability problem is becoming the most serious issue. Other undetectable bugs in the system can create another problem as the locked funds will at risk any time. I just checked that long report, the concerns that article attempted to uncover, are really meaningful here.

Fortunately, we have already seen solid platforms like Uniswap and Compound, newer platforms are gradually coming up with some sort of technical problems. The only one solution is to create the solid architecture of both DeFi platforms and blockchain. 

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On 1/19/2021 at 7:54 PM, Whited35 said:

Fortunately, we have already created solid platforms like Uniswap and Compound, newer platforms are gradually coming up with some sort of technical problems. The only one solution is to create the solid architecture of both DeFi platforms and blockchain.

So for now, should we stick to already established DeFi platforms like Uniswap and take extra precaution on newer projects, just to be safe? Makes sense in case the newer DeFi projects turn out to be outright scams.

 

As for creating "the solid architecture", the DeFi platforms ought to improve their services and systems, as improvements will also boost crypto users' confidence in using DeFi itself. But things shouldn't be rushed either, as sloppy improvements can lead to bigger problems. So let's just wait and see if there will be news on such improvements for this year.

 

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3 hours ago, kyoukage01 said:

So for now, should we stick to already established DeFi platforms like Uniswap and take extra precaution on newer projects, just to be safe? Makes sense in case the newer DeFi projects turn out to be outright scams.

Open source platform Uniswap is seen safest one and I just wonder to think why investors are loving to choose newer platforms to lock their huge amounts, just a greed or there can be any sort of their psychology? Single security breach might be very costly. 

3 hours ago, kyoukage01 said:

But things shouldn't be rushed either, as sloppy improvements can lead to bigger problems. So let's just wait and see if there will be news on such improvements for this year.

Developers should be focused for making the strongest encryption and it is really a time-consuming process to develop the bug-free platforms. The problem is, some sort of bugs will be still there despite any sort of efforts from the developers. 

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I don't know about defi and i have not defi .but this information is really good and thanks for giving me this information. I decided that i can use this site .I like this plateforam and this is a good for many people. 

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On 1/22/2021 at 3:44 PM, Whited35 said:

Open source platform Uniswap is seen safest one and I just wonder to think why investors are loving to choose newer platforms to lock their huge amounts, just a greed or there can be any sort of their psychology? Single security breach might be very costly. 

This is what I think. If a new platform turns out to be a pyramid or a Ponzi, earlier investors get to have the advantage of being served first and getting more profits than later ones, assuming they can bail out their investments once they smell some smoke (scam accusations) on the platform. This same strategy can also be used on DeFi projects. So greed is not the only thing in play here, for those investors it is also a battle of wits; if they can get away with profits from the scam projects early on, then they win. If they can't withdraw their investments and earned nothing from the project, they lose.

 

On 1/22/2021 at 3:44 PM, Whited35 said:

Developers should be focused for making the strongest encryption and it is really a time-consuming process to develop the bug-free platforms. The problem is, some sort of bugs will be still there despite any sort of efforts from the developers. 

At least efforts are being done. It would have been worse if nothing is being done at all. DeFi platforms will suffer the same ridicule as the ICO craze if all these major issues in the report goes unresolved and someone decides to exploit the weaknesses in the platforms.

 

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On 1/26/2021 at 9:17 AM, kyoukage01 said:

At least efforts are being done. It would have been worse if nothing is being done at all. DeFi platforms will suffer the same ridicule as the ICO craze if all these major issues in the report goes unresolved and someone decides to exploit the weaknesses in the platforms.

Self executing smart contracts from the blockchain network have opened the another horizon for DeFi but I think encryption alone is not ensuring the top rated security to protect user's assets or the locked amounts. Hackers should be entertaining to hack the new DeFi platform after noticing the wormholes but older DeFi platforms are also at the risk i.e. if a hacker manage to hack a protocol, massive numbers of participating nodes will be about to suffer. You might love to check this report again https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-code-is-key-solutions-for-overcoming-defi-security-breaches

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12 hours ago, Whited35 said:

The threat of hackers in the digital world is ever present, and crypto projects ought to be more aware of that threat.

 

I've read the link, thanks. Among the four steps mentioned in the article, I find the last one to be worth mentioning at the moment. It says that a bug bounty program should be offered so that potential vulnerabilities can be reported. But what about the rewards? If it is just a paltry sum of money, hackers will just scoff at the offer and exploit any bugs they can find for bigger profit anyway. Richer companies might be able to afford a bigger bounty, but that would mean smaller companies can't. I guess that would mean we should also look at the companies themselves on whether or not they are fully committed to their DeFi projects enough to dedicate much time and money on it.

 

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Here's another article from Cointelegraph. It's a bit old, but you might find it interesting if you haven't read it yet.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-defi-hack-what-decentralized-finance-should-and-shouldnt-be

 

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On 1/29/2021 at 8:16 AM, kyoukage01 said:

Here's another article from Cointelegraph. It's a bit old, but you might find it interesting if you haven't read it yet.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-defi-hack-what-decentralized-finance-should-and-shouldnt-be

Thanks, I did not check this cool article before but I was familiar with  dForce and MakerDao which are mentioned in the article. Clearly, safe guarding the users' assets is the most challenging part. Harvest attack is another dangerous threat to the DeFi sector in which attackers manage to detect fault through arbitration function.  Despite the several attempts from the Devs,  smart contract vulnerability like mentioned above is looking the serious one and some solutions are being proposed. 


 

 

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The nearest resistance lies in the 157.70 area, followed by 158.25-158.60, 160.00-160.20.   No significant economic statistics releases for Japan are scheduled for the upcoming week.   CRYPTOCURRENCIES: The Present and Future of Bitcoin Depend on the USA     In the absence of independent drivers, the crypto market has recently followed the dollar, which in turn follows the Fed, which follows the macro statistics from the USA. BTC/USD is like scales, with the main cryptocurrency on one side and the US dollar on the other. The dollar became heavier – bitcoin became lighter, and vice versa. On Friday, 7 June, strong statistics on the US labour market were released – the dollar became heavier, bitcoin lighter. On Wednesday, 12 June, it turned out that inflation in the USA was decreasing – the dollar weakened, bitcoin became heavier. And in the evening, the Fed calmed the markets regarding the interest rate – and the scales swung back. Just look at the BTC/USD and Dollar Index (DXY) charts – the inverse correlation leaves no doubt. In recent days, the flagship of the crypto market has lost about 7% in price. And the reason for this is the aforementioned monetary policy of the US Fed. Enthusiasm was not added by the fact that bitcoin-ETF inflows broke a 19-day streak. On 11 June alone, industry funds lost almost $65 million. The reasons are the same. They can be supplemented by the upcoming summer holiday season – a period of correction and lull in financial markets.   Traders note that recently, "digital gold" has been trading in a narrow range between $66,000 and $72,000. One of the popular market participants considers the lower mark an ideal entry point, while entry at the upper boundary of the range, in his words, carries high risk. MN Capital founder and analyst Michael van de Poppe does not rule out that pressure from sellers will persist in the near future. In such conditions, bitcoin may correct to $65,000 and even lower. However, van de Poppe does not expect a deep price drop. According to him, a large amount of liquidity is concentrated around the $60,000 area. This suggests that this level now acts as a strong support area, and positive dynamics can be supported by geopolitical instability.   According to surveys, more than 70% of the crypto community believe that BTC is on the verge of further growth. For instance, trader Captain Faibik is confident that bitcoin is preparing to break through the "expanding wedge" technical analysis pattern. According to him, breaking its upper boundary will open the path for the cryptocurrency to rise above $94,000. Trader Titan of Crypto, in turn, expects bitcoin to reach $100,000 this summer. The growth prospects of BTC are also indicated by the activity of large investors. According to industry representatives, whales are actively entering long positions on bitcoin. Cryptoquant CEO Ki Young Ju clarified that the $69,000 level has become particularly attractive for large investors.   New Binance CEO Richard Teng, who replaced Changpeng Zhao, believes that bitcoin will soon exceed $80,000. Teng associates the potential new high with the work of spot BTC-ETFs, which have strengthened trust in the asset. The Binance CEO also allows for the legalisation of cryptocurrency if Donald Trump is elected President of the United States. Declaring himself the "crypto president," Trump said in May that the USA should lead the global crypto industry.   However, at present, cryptocurrency regulation measures are in the stage of development and implementation, which restrains investments. According to experts, current investments should be considered test cases. It should also be noted that spot ETFs have attracted significant liquidity only in the USA – there is no similar interest in most countries.   According to billionaire Mark Cuban, the attitude towards cryptocurrencies will be a key difference between US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden, although neither understands this issue. "Do you really think [Trump] understands anything about cryptography other than making money from selling NFTs?" Cuban asked. And he answered himself: "Neither of [the candidates] understands. But I've said many times that Biden will have to choose between [SEC Chair] Gary Gensler and crypto-voters, otherwise it could cost him the White House."  According to Bitfinex crypto exchange analysts, bitcoin's price could rise to $120,000-125,000 within a few months to half a year. Similar figures are named by BitGo crypto trust company CEO Mike Belshe. In his opinion, by the end of 2024, the first cryptocurrency will cost $125,000-135,000, and one of the catalysts will be the high level of US government debt. "Our macroeconomic climate continues to confirm the need for bitcoin. Undoubtedly, US government debt is out of control. [...] This situation supports the idea that bitcoin is the gold of the new generation," Belshe said.   He also noted that the US dollar is losing its position as the world reserve currency due to US foreign policy. The BitGo CEO believes that the country uses the dollar as a weapon and a means of manipulation. "Thus, the US debt crisis is one, foreign policy and sanction control is two. And BRICS offers alternative payment systems. [...] This is the story of why bitcoin exists," he concluded.   At the time of writing this review on the evening of Friday, 14 June, BTC/USD is trading at $65,800. The total crypto market capitalisation is $2.38 trillion ($2.54 trillion a week ago). Bitcoin's capitalisation has reached a solid $1.30 trillion, which, as experts warn, reduces the effect of future inflows. Pessimists say the asset is already "overheated," and to reach $125,000, its capitalisation must almost double. In their opinion, such a colossal influx during the overbought period is unlikely, so one should expect a correction and subsequent consolidation. The possibility of such an outcome is also hinted at by the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index: over 7 days, it fell from 77 to 70 points and moved from the Extreme-Greed zone to the Greed zones. NordFX Analytical Group   Notice: These materials are not investment recommendations or guidelines for working in financial markets and are intended for informational purposes only. Trading in financial markets is risky and can result in a complete loss of deposited funds.   #eurusd #gbpusd #usdjpy #btcusd #ethusd #ltcusd #xrpusd #forex #forex_example #signals #cryptocurrencies #bitcoin #stock_market   https://nordfx.com/ 
    • Готовимся к лаунчпаду Stage.                                      Stage — первая музыкальная платформа с использованием искусственного интеллекта и цифровых инструментов для токенизации музыкальных элементов, пионерская в интерактивном и инвестиционно ориентированном взаимодействии с музыкой.Инфа о проекте:   $2.4 млн. привлечено от венчурных инвесторов; Платформа SocialFi с RWAs; Доступна токенизация музыкальных элементов; Более 13 миллионов подписчиков благодаря сделкам с амбассадорами.Команда проекта анонсировала запуск токена $STAGE совместно с ведущими лаунчпадами: ChainGPT, Decubate и Eesee.   Помимо этого, проект запустил розыгрыш 5,000$ в токенах $STAGE. Все как обычно, необходимо выполнить легкие социальные задания и ждать результатов, советую испытать удачу. Розыгрыш — здесь.   Следим за проектом:Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord
    • Bernstein, фирма по управлению активами с активами на сумму более 750 миллиардов долларов, удваивает прогноз цены на биткойн, повышая свою цель на 2025 год со 150 000 до 200 000 долларов.   Прогноз на 2033 год составляет ошеломляющий 1 миллион долларов. Аналитики компании в пятницу поделились своим прогнозом цен на флагманскую криптовалюту. В записке для клиентов исследовательская фирма заявила, что ожидания роста спотовых биткойн-ETF представляют собой бычий катализатор. «Мы считаем, что регулируемые США ETF стали переломным моментом для криптовалют, который вызвал структурный спрос со стороны традиционных пулов капитала», — отметили Гаутам Чугани и Махика Сапра из Bernstein.   С момента своего торгового дебюта в начале января спотовые биткойн-ETF зарегистрировали чистый приток более 15 миллиардов долларов. По мнению аналитиков, к 2025 году глобальный рынок спотовых биткойн-ETF может вырасти и составить примерно 7% оборотного предложения BTC. Цена BTC достигнет $1 млн к 2033 году Как и на спотовом рынке ETF, аналитики Bernstein утверждают, что Биткойн находится в новом бычьем цикле. Недавнее сокращение вознаграждения за блок вдвое, в результате которого ежедневная эмиссия сократилась примерно с 900 биткойнов до 450 биткойнов, является еще одним фактором, отметили они, написав, что взрыв спроса на фоне продолжающегося шока предложения может привести к тому, что цена BTC превысит 200 тысяч долларов к середине-концу следующего года. . Аналитики также ожидают, что к 2033 году спотовые биткойн-ETF будут составлять примерно 15% оборотного предложения «цифрового золота». восемь лет. Гаутам Чхугани и Махика Сапра прогнозируют, что к концу 2029 года Биткойн будет стоить 500 000 долларов, а к 2033 году — более 1 миллиона долларов. Бернштейн также инициировал освещение акций MicroStrategy, присвоив им рейтинг «выше рынка» с целевой ценой в $2890 к концу 2025 года.   MicroStrategy (MSTR) — это компания облачной аналитики на базе искусственного интеллекта, которая в настоящее время владеет 214 400 биткойнами. Компания объявила о продаже конвертируемых облигаций на сумму 700 миллионов долларов, выручка от которой будет направлена на покупку большего количества BTC.   
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    • 15.06.2024 Тарифы Kingex 👑   Покупка криптовалюты / Buying cryptocurrency:   BTC/ETH  +1.3% (Мы доплачиваем) USDT  +1.3% (Мы доплачиваем)   ^^SALE^^ от 50k    + 1.5%    Продажа криптовалюты / Selling cryptocurrency:   BTC/ETH  +3.3%  USDT   +3.3%    Оператор: @Kingex Сайт: Kingex.io Курс на протяжении дня может меняться! ------------------------ Будьте ОСТОРОЖНЫ, появились фейки! Наш телеграм: @Kingex
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