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"Waves Stablecoin Crash Sparks Death Spiral Fears"

2022-04-04 [vendor] Waves stablecoin
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Incident Details

The stablecoin belonging to the Waves protocol, “Neutrino dollar” (aka USDN), crashed nearly 20%, despite intending to maintain its 1:1 ratio to the US dollar. The volatility occurred amidst flying accusations on Twitter, where various people first accused the Waves team of manipulating the price of their own token and running a Ponzi scheme, and then Waves’ CEO accused an outside trading firm of manipulating the $WAVES price and “organiz[ing] FUD campaigns to trigger panic selling”.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Ponzi / pyramid scheme
Vendor / Product
Waves stablecoin

Timeline

  1. 2022-04-04 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-04-04 Publicly disclosed