The podcaster apologized for spreading rumors about what he called a 'Wells Notice Carpet Bombing' targeting crypto firms.
Co-founder of content studio Bankless David Hoffman apologized for spreading rumors about what he called a"Wells Notice Carpet Bombing" targeting crypto firms, including the decentralized finance protocol Lido Finance.
"Carpet bombing" was a reference to an allegedly flood of well notices sent to crypto firms last week, Hoffman was told by a source. He“Many wells notices have been issued to many of the DeFi apps. [...] Wells notices have got shot out across the industry in the last week. It has not come to light yet,” he said, before noting that “I think Lido got one.”
On the same day, Hoffman clarified on Twitter that Lido had denied the claim and apologized for naming the protocol in the rumor."Lido doesn't deserve to be focused on specifically here," he said, before reiterating that unannounced wells notices had been sent to crypto companies: "After checking in with other sources, it seems generally assumed that there are Wells Notices out there that are unannounced, but it's impossible to tell how many, or how recently they've been served."to CoinMarketCap data. Lido Finance did not respond immediately to Cointelegraph's request for comment.I checked in with my source, and have some clarifications to make.I said that "Many Wells notices have been distributed In the last week or so".
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