Three DeFi hacks net $10 million in 48 hours despite ‘renaissance moment’

While Aave and Maker (now Sky) founders basked in a ‘DeFi renaissance moment,’ some less well-known projects were losing millions.

Maker will be able to remotely freeze its new USDS stablecoin

Maker DAO is incentivizing DAI holders to convert their stablecoins into the new, reward-yielding USDS, which has a remote freeze capability.

MakerDAO has passed an executive vote to disable future WBTC borrows after it was revealed that Justin Sun will soon be involved.

MakerDAO says the vault would start with a cap of 600 million Dai, which could be adjusted up to 1 billion according to demand and risk.

How decentralized are DeFi protocols with a small group of leaders with admin keys, multi-sig wallets, and wealth-based voting policies?