Soon after decentralized liquidity protocol Aave announced it had surpassed $60 billion in net deposits, scammers launched a phishing campaign targeting its users through Google Ads, according to security researchers.
On Wednesday, Aave said that it had become the first decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to accumulate $60 billion in net deposits across 14 networks. According to Token Terminal data, Aave’s net deposits more than tripled in the past year from around $18 billion in August 2024.
A day later, on Aug. 7, blockchain investigation firm…

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