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Crypto Chat: As the Liquidity Unwind of 3AC Creates a Domino Effect, Is DeFi to Blame?
Walter Teng, CFA outlines the difference between CeFi and DeFi, along with the contributions to the recent unwind of 3AC and the subsequent domino effect. CRYPTO DEFI DIGEST: CEFI, DEFI, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
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...
GOOD PRICE ON BAD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS Last week, we discussed the piping-hot inflation print and expected additional volatility around this data point. On the contrary, markets behaved resiliently, with legacy markets and crypto rallying hard from last Thursday to today. The market had what seemed to be its first winning week since March as BTC surged 18%, while ETH left the rest of the market in the dust...
FIGURE: GHO LAUNCHING AMIDST THE BLOWUPS AROUND IT Seeing the CeFi realm blowing up around us, it is perhaps pertinent to reflect and hammer the lessons into our collective crypto consciousness. Drawing from CeFi, DeFi and Everything in Between, it is clear now that Celsius, BlockFi, and Voyager Digital function as ‘CeDeFi,’ similarly to TradFi banking entities and are prone to the same weaknesses such as position opacity and human...
