[Gauntlet] Ethereum V3 USDT Comets - wstETH Supply Cap Recommendations (09/05/24)

Simple Summary

Gauntlet recommends the following risk recommendations to the protocol:

  • Increase USDT Ethereum Comet’s wstETH Supply Cap from 15,000 to 20,000

Motivation

Please review the daily utilization of USDT Ethereum Comet’s wstETH supply cap. Currently, the utilization has reached its maximum limit.

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Analysis

wstETH DEX Liquidity Sources


Total DEX liquidity on Ethereum is $347.46M.

wstETH → WETH

pool_name pool_type pool_url pool_tvl_usd volume_24h_usd
wstETH / wstETH-WETH-BPT / WETH 0.01% balancer_ethereum Link $13.73M $38.41M
wstETH / WETH 0.01% pancakeswap-v3-ethereum Link $2.06M $307.09K
wstETH / WETH 0.01% balancer_ethereum Link $892.68K $880.08K

Total DEX liquidity for wstETH–>WETH pair is ~$40M.

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Swapping 20k wstETH to USDT incurs <25% slippage.

Top Suppliers of wstETH

wstETH exhibits a good liquidity profile on the Mainnet. Currently, the Mainnet ecosystem possesses sufficient liquidity to absorb the five largest positions within the system should a liquidation event occur.

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Swapping ~$10M wstETH to USDT incurs ~2% slippage.

Next Steps

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