Price manipulation stories

Aug 31, 2026

FTC sues Amazon alleging advertiser deception and price manipulation

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging the e-commerce giant manipulated prices businesses paid and deceived advertisers.

Aug 31, 20264 sources

Aug 27, 2026

Moonwell loses $8.7 million in MAMO price manipulation exploit on Base

DeFi lending protocol Moonwell suffered an $8.7 million exploit after an attacker manipulated the price of MAMO token to borrow real assets against inflated collateral, prompting the protocol to set borrow caps to 1 wei across Base markets.

Aug 27, 20267 sources