A Basic Walkthrough of Leverage Creation in DeFi
Jul 27, 2022
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Correction: In the first distribution of ‘DeFi Digest 14: A Reflection on Liquidity Dynamics Through the Contagion & GHO Stablecoin’, we incorrectly referenced Voyager instead of Celsius as having a 1.2b hole in its balance sheet. The amount lent to 3AC by Voyager was $350m in USDC and 15,250 in BTC, with their current asset-liability mismatch unknown.
In last week’s DeFi Digest, the team discussed liquidity dynamics that were prevalent when Terra collapsed and Celsius unwound its on-chain leverage, which led to the following chart.
Figure: Liquidity Flow and Creation (Rehypot...