Multichain $1.5B hack investigation, Shibarium eyes relaunch, Base, Optimism join hands: Finance Redefined

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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.

The past week in DeFi saw developers behind Base and Optimism protocols join hands to develop a revenue and governance sharing framework. The $1.5-billion Multichain hack has seen some new evidence — read our detailed investigation to learn about every aspect of the exploit and the plight of the victims thereafter.

Blockchain security provider Quantstamp introduced a new DeFi tool to detect flash loan attack vulnerabilities in several protocols. Shiba Inu’s Ethereum layer 2, Shibarium, is gearing up for a relaunch after its first public launch was met with FUD, technical errors and more.

The DeFi market had a mixed week as the total value locked in DeFi protocols remained in the same range as last week but saw a minor dip of about $70 million.

Developers behind the Base and Optimism networks have jointly announced a revenue-sharing and governance-sharing agreement. Coinbase, the parent company of Base, has also published a list of “principles of neutrality” it will follow to prevent Base from becoming centralized.

This announcement was made through three separate blog posts on Aug. 24: one from the jointly controlled Optimism Collective, one from Base and one from Coinbase.

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On July 14, developers of the $1.5-billion Chinese cross-chain protocol Multichain confirmed users’ worst fears. The protocol’s CEO, identified only as “Zhaojun He,” was arrested by Chinese authorities in Kunming on May 21 after months of repeated denials on official communication channels. Also allegedly arrested was Multichain’s core team, which was