Balancer blames ‘external market event’ as Aave, Venus liquidations rocks token
Feb, 03, 2026
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by Hannah Collymore
for CryptoPolitan

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The Balancer protocol has attributed the decline in its native BAL token to an external market event involving mass liquidations on DeFi lending platforms Aave and Venus. Balancer announced on X, “We observed significant liquidations of large BAL positions on Aave and Venus overnight, which led to significant price volatility.” Aave comes out profitable despite […]
Balancer blames ‘external market event’ as Aave, Venus liquidations rocks token
Feb, 03, 2026
< 1 min read
by Hannah Collymore
for CryptoPolitan

Share:
The Balancer protocol has attributed the decline in its native BAL token to an external market event involving mass liquidations on DeFi lending platforms Aave and Venus. Balancer announced on X, “We observed significant liquidations of large BAL positions on Aave and Venus overnight, which led to significant price volatility.” Aave comes out profitable despite […]


