After carrying out a sizable token swap that caused severe slippage on a decentralised exchange, a cryptocurrency trader had a sharp loss of around $50 million.
According to blockchain data, the user tried to exchange almost $50 million worth of aEthUSDT, a token that represents USDT placed in the Aave lending system, for aEthAAVE tokens via the CoW system.
The transaction had more than 99% slippage due to the extremely low liquidity in the relevant trading pools. Consequently, only about 327 aEthAAVE tokens, worth about $36,000, were added to the wallet.
Arbitrage traders and network intermediaries swiftly took advantage of the trade’s pricing mismatch to seize the remaining value. When traders try to execute abnormally large orders in markets with limited liquidity, such incidents might happen in decentralised finance. These price disparities are quickly exploited by automated trading bots, which can cause the original trader to suffer enormous losses.
According to Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, the user was alerted via the trading interface to the exceptionally high slippage risk prior to the transaction being confirmed.
He said that only after the user acknowledged the warning could the trade move forward. Kulechov acknowledged that while the process worked as planned, the result was far from perfect.
According to Aave, it intends to get in touch with the user and reimburse the $600,000 in transaction fees. The event serves as a reminder of the dangers associated with making very big deals in decentralised marketplaces.
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