[Gauntlet] Ethereum WETH Comet Risk Recommendations

Simple Summary

Gauntlet recommends the following risk parameter updates for the Ethereum v3 WETH comet:

  • Increase ezETH Supply Cap from 2,900 to 8,000
  • Decrease cbETH Supply Cap from 40,000 to 10,000

Analysis


ezETH Supply Cap Usage


ezETH collateral market is currently operating at over 90% of its supply cap. Gauntlet recommends increasing the ezETH supply cap to 8,000. The current liquidity conditions support this adjustment, with an ~9% slippage expected for an 8,000 ezETH to WETH swap.

Top ezETH Suppliers


ezETH DEX liquidity totals 74.53 M.

Dex Category Pool address TVL(mil)
balancer_ethereum 0x596192bb6e41802428ac943d2f1476c1af25cc0e 47.84
curve 0x85de3add465a219ee25e04d22c39ab027cf5c12e 13.20
balancer_ethereum 0x848a5564158d84b8a8fb68ab5d004fae11619a54 9.65
uniswap_v3 0xbe80225f09645f172b079394312220637c440a63 3.15
uniswap_v3 0x1b9d58bea5ed5d935cc2e818dde1d796abff0bc0 0.69

cbETH has experienced low supply cap utilization within the Mainnet Comet, with only $225k supplied out of a $152M cap. Gauntlet recommends reducing the cbETH cap in accordance with the current DEX liquidity TVL.

cbETH Supply Cap Usage

Next Steps

  • Submit risk recommendation proposal on-chain

The proposal for the Ethereum WETH Comet Risk recommendations has been submitted on-chain