{"id":27320,"date":"2026-03-13T17:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/?p=27320"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:19:51","slug":"whale-aave-50m-loss-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/crypto-news\/whale-aave-50m-loss-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"How a crypto whale lost $50M on AAVE in a single swap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
March 12, 2026 will be remembered as the day of DeFi’s most costly mistake. A whale<\/strong> attempted to swap $50.4 million worth of USDT for AAVE<\/a> tokens directly through the protocol’s mobile application. The problem? The transaction involved derivative versions of the tokens<\/a>, assets with virtually non-existent on-chain liquidity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n