A crypto lending app tried to take over a ‘whale’ account to stop it from collapsing the system

Decentralized finance platforms are going to extreme lengths to limit the fallout from a sell-off in cryptocurrencies.

Solend, a lending platform built on the Solana blockchain, tried to gain control of its largest account, a so-called “whale” investor that it said could significantly influence market movements.

Solend’s users have since voted to block the…