Add collateral tBTC to ETH Market on Mainnet

Simple Summary

Gauntlet would like to refresh the analysis on tBTC considering the prevailing market conditions and the ongoing speculation around WBTC. The below recommendations expand further to recommend listing tBTC on both USDT and WETH Comets on Mainnet.

USDC

Parameter Value
Collateral Factor 76%
Liquidation Factor 81%
Liquidation Penalty 10%
Supply Cap 285

USDT

Parameter Value
Collateral Factor 76%
Liquidation Factor 81%
Liquidation Penalty 10%
Supply Cap 285

WETH

Parameter Value
Collateral Factor 76%
Liquidation Factor 81%
Liquidation Penalty 10%
Supply Cap 315

Analysis

Liquidity

The liquidity for tBTC has generally increased since the previous recommendation as seen in the table below.

Dex TVL(mil) URL
curve 22.35 Link
curve 8.43 Link
curve 3.28 Link
curve 3.28 Link
uniswap_v3 2.99 Link
uniswap_v3 1.98 Link
balancer_ethereum 1.01 Link

Total: $43.32M

5% DEX slippage

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Risk Parameters

Supply Caps

Due to improved liquidity Gauntlet recommends increasing the supply cap to 285 tBTC for USDC and USDT Comet, and recommend setting the supply cap to 315 tBTC for the WETH Comet.

USDT and WETH Comet

Gauntlet recommends aligning the CF, LF, and LP for the USDT Comet and WETH Comet to that of USDC Comet.

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