The final USDT Comet has been unpaused after consulting with the Foundation, Woof, and stakeholders. All markets are now functioning as expected. While we have a bias for speed, we have been careful to align with stakeholders to vet all resolution actions, keeping security at the forefront of our decision-making. This post details next steps regarding treasury reserves reallocations, USDT Comet unpause analysis, and the latest information on deUSD and sdeUSD.
Compound DAO has more than sufficient reserves (see Woof Treasury dashboard) to reallocate.
What has happened since USDC and USDS unpaused?
Since unpausing USDC and USDS Comets yesterday, 84% of the available liquidity has been withdrawn from both the Comets. Utilization rates increased as liquidity was withdrawn, and the borrow APY reached max rates.
Since November 7th, at 11 AM UTC, 10M USDC liquidity has returned to the USDC Comet. Based on the data we have observed with USDC and USDS Comets over the past 24 hours, we expect a similar pattern for USDT: LPs will initially withdraw, APYs will increase, and some LPs may return to supplying into the USDT Comet. Regardless, rate volatility is expected in the initial hours after unpause.
What is the latest information on deUSD and sdeUSD?
Yesterday, the Elixir team announced that they will adhere to the 1:1 peg and specifically mentioned working with Compound on repayments. Gauntlet promptly acted as the liquidator (0x7667095Caa12b79fCa489ff6E2198Ca01fDAe057) and purchased collateral from the Compound protocol.
Because liquidations are permissionless by design, anyone could have liquidated and seized the collateral. Gauntlet proactively liquidated the maximum amount permitted to increase the chance of recovery for the DAO. We were able to purchase 75% of the collateral amount, 9.44M deUSD and 6.75M sdeUSD. Liquidated collateral tokens are in a Gauntlet multisig (0x7667095Caa12b79fCa489ff6E2198Ca01fDAe057).
Next steps
We will follow up in this thread with more updates once the reallocations are complete and as we receive updates from Elixir.