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 A Curve Finance hack sparked a sharp sell-off, and while DeFi traders stepped in to support CRV, the possibility of a contagion-level event remains. 
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 On July 30, Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange on Ethereum, suffered a hack due to a vulnerability in certain pools built using the Vyper programming language. 
 The price of CRV dropped 20.91% on the day of the hack, falling to a two-month low of $0.58. 
 On the next day, the decline in CRV continued to drop toward a seven-month low at $0.48 amid fears of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="liquid" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/liquid.html">liquid</a>ation risks of hefty <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="loans" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/loans.html">loans</a> worth $100 million taken by Curve Finance <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="founder" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/founder.html">founder</a> Micheal Egorov against CRV as collateral. 
 However, positive development with partial repayment of loans and significant negative bets in the derivatives market suggest that CRV may rally in the short term. 
 <h2 id="the-defi-community-comes-to-save-crv">The DeFi community comes to save CRV </h2> 
 On Aug. 1, Egorov sold 39.25 million CRV tokens for stablecoins to a number of notable DeFi investors like Justin Sun, Machi Big Brother and DWF Labs for a total of $15.8 million, according to LookOnChain data. 
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 More and more institutions and investors bought $CRV via OTC! Machi Big Brother bought 3.75M $CRV. DWF Labs bought 2.5M $CRV.https://t.co/MQg382LigF bought 2.5M $CRV. ... Michael Egorov has sold a total of 39.25M $CRV via OTC and received 15.8M $USDT.https://t.co/hQBlW5WG6J pic.twitter.com/NMIQ2p05ZL— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 1, 2023 
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 The buyers purchased CRV at $0.40 per token, a 25% discount on the market price at the time. 
 Egorov also partially paid his Tether USDT loans on Aave, reducing the principal from $63.20 million to $54.1 million, per DeBank data. The partial repayment of the loan comes as a positive step in reducing the liquidation risk. 
 Currently, Egorov’s <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="loans" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/loans.html">loans</a> on Aave will be <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="liquid" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/liquid.html">liquid</a>ated if the CRV price falls to $0.36 or lower, per DeFiLlama. 
 Related: Vyper vulnerability exposes DeFi ecosystem to stress tests 
 <h2 id="crv-price-analysis">CRV price analysis </h2> 
 The derivatives position of CRV traders suggests that the token may rally in the short term as a contrarian bet. 
 The funding rate for CRV perpetual swaps, which represents the relative demand for long or short positions, shows traders are actively shorting CRV as its funding rate fell to negative 0.1% for 8-hour intervals, per Coinglass data. 
 It raises the possibility of a short squeeze in the market, where short holders are forced to buy CRV as its price rallies. 
 The CRV/USD pair is trending near multi-year lows at around $0.50. If buyers are able to build support at this level, the price can rally in the short to medium term toward the horizontal resistance levels at $0.78 and $1.23. 
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;"> CRV/USD price analysis. Source: TradingView 
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 A long trade definitely comes with risks, as the hackers are still sitting on 7.1 million CRV tokens worth $4.5 million. If the attackers convert their holdings into stablecoins or more liquid tokens such as BTC or ETH, the price may revisit this week’s low, around $0.48. 
 Moreover, while Egorov has pushed the liquidation risk slightly, the risk is still not eliminated completely. 
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Curve liquidation risk poses systemic threat to DeFi even as founder scurries to repay loans

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