[Gauntlet] Base V3 WETH Comets - ezETH Supply Cap Recommendations (09/10/24)

Simple Summary

Gauntlet recommends the following risk recommendations to the protocol:

  • Increase WETH Base Comet’s ezETH Supply Cap from 1500 to 2000

Motivation

Please review the daily utilization of WETH Base Comet’s ezETH supply cap. Currently, the utilization has reached its maximum limit.

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Analysis

ezETH DEX Liquidity Sources

Total DEX liquidity on Base is $1.84M.

ezETH → WETH

pool_name pool_type pool_url pool_tvl_usd volume_24h_usd
ezETH / WETH 0.3% aerodrome-slipstream Link $1.13M $5.38K
ezETH / WETH 0.05% uniswap-v3-base Link $399.72K $180.58K
ezETH / WETH aerodrome-base Link $199.19K $0.37
ezETH / WETH aerodrome-base Link $112.29K $0.48

Total DEX Volume 24H ($): $185.96K

Top Suppliers of ezETH

The top supplier currently holds a ~$500K position in ezETH. The total supplies from the top 5 supplier is $1.7M which is ~61% of the total supply cap. The use of exchange rate oracles insulates this market from transient deviations of ezETH market rate peg, however, sufficient liquidity exists externally to absorb these positions if they face liquidations due to elevated interest rates.

Next Steps

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