CRV Aave V2 Ethereum - LT Reduction Update - 09.05.2023
Simple Summary
Update on CRV V2 Ethereum Deprecation Plan: No change to the CRV Liquidation Threshold (LT) this week.
Motivation
Following the CRV V2 Ethereum Deprecation Plan approved by the community and given the current market conditions and protocol usage, Chaos Labs and Gauntlet aligned on a 0% LT reduction this week.
Chaos originally proposed a 2% reduction, while Gauntlet proposed a 0% reduction. The individual analyses and considerations can be found below.
Chaos Labs Analysis
Chaos Labs recommends a 2% reduction, with the following impact on top CRV suppliers (used as collateral):
| Account | Total Supply (USD) | Total CRV Supplied | Total Borrows (USD) | Health | Health After Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0x7a16ff8270133f063aab6c9977183d9e72835428 | 44.06M | 101.28M | 11.35M | 1.82 | 1.75 |
| 0xc420c9d507d0e038bd76383aaadcad576ed0073c | 1.97M | 4.54M | 440K | 2.11 | 2.02 |
| 0xb5587a54ff7022ac218438720bdcd840a32f0481 | 1.71M | 1.7M | 1.08M | 1.09 | 1.08 |
| 0x279a7dbfae376427ffac52fcb0883147d42165ff | 794K | 1.50M | 404K | 1.07 | 1.04 |
| 0xaecdde1672f3f121b3a6c43a2e0b5dfc28f6224c | 480K | 1.10M | 212K | 1.06 | 1.02 |
Gauntlet Analysis
Gauntlet recommends no change to the LT for CRV on Ethereum v2 this week.
Since our last update on 8/21, 22.14M CRV has been withdrawn and 3.55M USDT repaid by the user. Given their previous 14.81M USDT borrow position and current 11.32M USDT borrow position on Ethereum Aave v2, this represents a 23.57% reduction in remaining debt.
This corresponds to a decline in the user’s health factor to 1.85, despite the position reduction.
Daily CRV volatility is ~ 4.5%. Given that CRV liquidity has not materially improved, Gauntlet recommends having a sufficient buffer to the user’s historical HF maintenance levels. Based on Gauntlet’s deprecation schedule highlighted here, applying a 3-std buffer to the user’s historical health factor maintenance level of 1.6 would require a HF of 1.85, leaving insufficient room to reduce LT.
Given that we do not suggest an LT change this week, we recommend revisiting the LT reduction next week.
Next Steps
We will revisit CRV on Ethereum v2 and provide LT reduction recommendations next week.
Disclaimer
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