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Glossary/Flash Loan

Flash Loan

An uncollateralized DeFi loan that must be borrowed and repaid within a single transaction. Used for arbitrage — and, when abused, for oracle manipulation attacks.

Flash loans provide instant capital with zero collateral because repayment is enforced atomically in the same transaction. Legitimate uses include arbitrage and refinancing; poorly designed protocols are their main victims.