Ai Oracle’s Blunder: Moonwell’s $1.78M Tragedy

Behold, the tale of Moonwell, where the cold, unfeeling hand of AI wrought havoc upon the fragile web of decentralized finance. A single, fateful miscalculation-a cbETH oracle, twisted by the whims of an AI, priced the token at a paltry $1 instead of its true worth, a staggering $2.2k. Thus, the gates of ruin swung open, and the bots, those relentless harbingers of chaos, descended upon the collateral with the precision of vultures.

even the most advanced systems are but paper forts against the storm of miscalculation. The question lingers, haunting and dire-can we, in good conscience, place our faith in the hands of AI?

The future of Web3, once a beacon of innovation, now glows with an uneasy light. As AI’s role expands, so too must our scrutiny. For in the realm of finance, where every decimal holds power, the line between genius and folly is thinner than a thread.

And so, the tale of Moonwell endures-a cautionary whisper in the digital winds, a reminder that even the brightest minds, human or machine, are prone to the folly of a single, miscalculated number.

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2026-02-18 14:04