tldr; A crypto investor made a costly mistake by swapping $50 million of USDT for AAVE on a mobile app, ignoring slippage warnings. The transaction resulted in receiving only $35,000 worth of AAVE and incurring $600,000 in fees, leaving the investor with a loss exceeding $49 million. This incident highlights the importance of understanding slippage and liquidity, especially when trading large sums in decentralized exchanges. Developers are working to recover the fees, but the loss remains significant.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
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tldr; A crypto investor made a costly mistake by swapping $50 million of USDT for AAVE on a mobile app, ignoring slippage warnings. The transaction resulted in receiving only $35,000 worth of AAVE and incurring $600,000 in fees, leaving the investor with a loss exceeding $49 million. This incident highlights the importance of understanding slippage and liquidity, especially when trading large sums in decentralized exchanges. Developers are working to recover the fees, but the loss remains significant.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.