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LlamaRisk

DeFi risk management and research firm that analyzes collateral, liquidity and protocol risk, and advises lending protocols such as Aave and stablecoin issuers.

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investOne report1 publisher

Ethena's USDe exit near $1 depends on pool liquidity behind 51.2% of its backing

LlamaRisk's October 12 snapshot places 51.2% of Ethena's USDe backing in DeFi and institutional lending. The allocation figure does not measure actual borrower drawdowns, so a holder's exit near $1 turns on pool liquidity and whitelisted redemption rights.

Publishers:cryptoslate.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap−10
Incentives35
Confidence58
investOne report1 publisher

Aave's X Layer Pendle PT rollover would move collateral into a 2.98% yield below three borrowing rates

Aave's proposed USDG rollover would put borrowers in Pendle collateral yielding 2.98%, below USDT0, USDC and USDG borrowing rates. We compute 0.69% through Feb. 25 at 2x leverage against 1.11% unlevered, so looping needs rewards that still lack terms.

Publishers:cryptoslate.com

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap−5
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence62
investOne report1 publisher

Two Aave positions hold 97% of Arc's supplied syrupUSDC with cushions of about 2% and 1%

Two Aave positions on Arc hold about 97% of supplied syrupUSDC at health factors of 1.02 and 1.01, LlamaRisk's Oct. 9 snapshot shows. Liquidators would sell the collateral on the market or wait in a Maple queue that can take hours, CryptoSlate reported.

Publishers:cryptoslate.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+8
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Aave's proposed December cap fits less than half of the $67.4 million in PT-AUSD maturing Oct. 8

TokenLogic and LlamaRisk would cap Aave's December PT-AUSD market at 20 million or 30 million tokens, against 67.4 million October tokens maturing Oct. 8. Whether leveraged borrowers stay in the trade depends on how fast Aave raises that limit.

Publishers:cryptoslate.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption55
Hype gap+20
Incentives40
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Ceffu moved $120M out of Ethena's custody wallets, and nobody has said why

The transfer is about 2.7% of USDe supply, so size is not the story. The story is that the two parties able to explain a custody event have both said nothing.

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption56
Hype gap+26
Incentives63
Confidence33
investOne report1 publisher

FalconX and Ethena Wrap $1B of Credit in an SPV, and That Is the Point

The $1 billion facility routes USDe reserves into overcollateralized institutional loans through a bankruptcy-remote vehicle. The structure, not the size, is the news.

Reality

Evidence33
Adoption41
Hype gap+28
Incentives72
Confidence38