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Solend DAO overturns vote to take over at-risk ‘whale’ wallet

source-logo  forkast.news 20 June 2022 09:51, UTC

The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) behind Solend, a Solana-based lending protocol, overturned Sunday’s governance vote that would have allowed it to take control of a wallet at risk of liquidation.

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Fast facts

  • Solend DAO on Monday voted to overturn Sunday’s decision that would have allowed the organization to take control of a whale wallet that could put the protocol at risk from a liquidation.
  • The new vote increases the voting time to one day and does not involve emergency powers to take over an account.
  • Solend’s anonymous founder Rooter highlighted a whale wallet on Saturday that deposited 5.7M SOL to borrow about US$108 million worth of USDC and USDT on the Solend borrowing platform. 
  • If SOL dropped to US$22.30, the wallet ran the risk of getting liquidated for up to 20% of its borrowing, or about US$21 million. 
  • The overturned vote drew backlash from the crypto community, with members criticizing that taking over user accounts “sets a terrible precedent.”
  • The price of SOL has recovered 12% in the past 24 hours to US$33.70 at the time of publishing on Monday, according to CoinMarketCap data. It had fallen to US$27 on Sunday.

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