whale

Imagine you wake up one morning to find that your DeFi lending protocol is on the verge of a liquidation. “What’s the big deal? Liquidations happen all the time,” you say.No big deal except it could trigger a chain of events that would potentially collapse a whole blockchain and render a cryptocurrency useless.“How did this happen again?”Long story short,  you loaned 95% of your crypto deposits to a single whale.“Is this for real?”Yep. That’s what happened to Solend, Solana’s largest lending DeFi protocol when Sol’s value…

Key Points: Solana’s poor performance pushes $SOL holders to BitgertThe failed whale liquidation solution exposed Solana to a plungeBitgert rigidity in the market is attracting investors The Solana’ whale liquidation crisis’ has been the hottest topic in the crypto market lately. The Solana lending app, Solend, tried to address the possibility of the coin collapsing, which is mostly caused by the massive withdrawals. Solana wanted to control the whales from dumping, which would cause massive…

The logo of cryptocurrency platform Solana.Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via | Getty ImagesDecentralized finance platforms are going to extreme lengths to limit the fallout from a sell-off in cryptocurrencies.Solend, a lending platform built on the Solana blockchain, tried to gain control of its largest account, a so-called "whale" investor that it said could significantly influence market movements. Solend's users have since voted to block the move.What is Solend?Solend is a DeFi app that lets users borrow and lend funds…

By McGill University May 28, 2022Researchers can now accurately predict the diets of remote killer whale populations using their blubber fatty acids. Credit: Dr. Rune Dietz from Aarhus UniversityUnlocking the Secrets of Killer Whale Diets and Their Role in Climate ChangeKiller whale populations are invading the Arctic, creating major disruptions to an ecosystem already severely impacted by climate change. A team of researchers from McGill University has discovered new clues to understand how killer whales impact their…

The largest fish on Earth is a shark. Capable of reaching a length of up to 60 feet — roughly the height of a four-story building — whale sharks, named for their size, are so large that they make great whites look like minnows. But even giants can disappear. Over the last several decades, more than half of all whale sharks have vanished from the ocean. Some populations have fallen by more than 60 percent. This decline has been something of a scientific mystery. It can’t be explained by known threats like overfishing.…

Over 80 percent of international trade is carried by sea. Much of what we use and consume everyday either has been or will be transported on huge vessels which plough the global ocean.  The courses these container vessels take are fixed shipping routes known as marine highways, which are not unlike motorways on land. These highways, upon which vessels travel back and forth, connect distant ports, often on opposite sides of vast oceans.Marine highways can also cut across the movements and migratory routes of marine…