As uncertainty looms over Curve exposure in many decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, the founder of Aave Chan, Marc Zeller, has put forward a proposal suggesting that Aave Treasury purchases $2 million worth of CRV tokens in USDT from Curve founder Michael Egorov. This strategic move aims to demonstrate DeFi’s support for DeFi, while at the same time positioning the Aave DAO in the ongoing Curve wars and enhancing liquidity for Aave’s decentralized multi-collateral stablecoin GHO.
The Strategic Acquisition
The suggested $2 million investment in Curve DAO Tokens (CRV) would yield approximately 5 million CRV tokens at the current price. Zeller proposes locking these newly acquired tokens as veCRV for a period of four years. By doing so, these tokens could be utilized for voting rights on the Curve platform, allowing Curve users to provide liquidity for token pairs involving GHO.
The proposal emphasizes that such an acquisition would be financially viable, taking into account the treasury balance and the anticipated reduced costs for service providers in the 2023-2024 budget. The aim is to make this strategic move while maintaining a conservative stance with regard to the DAO treasury holdings.
Community Reactions
The proposal has generated mixed reactions within the Aave community. Some argue that the DeFi protocol should focus on minimizing its exposure to the risks associated with CRV liquidation. They question whether the proposal truly aligns with the principles of decentralized finance, claiming it is merely an attempt to assist a user who has taken on excessive leverage.
However, others have praised the proposal, suggesting that it could help the protocol mitigate the current over-leverage of CRV and facilitate the growth of the GHO stablecoin.
In a separate development, Jun Du, co-founder of Huobi, purchased 10 million CRV tokens from Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov at a cost of $4 million.
Egorov, the founder of Curve, currently holds outstanding loans amounting to over $100 million from multiple lending protocols. Out of this, $70 million is in the form of a loan in USDT on Aave v2, with CRV serving as collateral. According to Aave’s risk parameters, if the price of CRV were to drop to around $0.32, there would be a risk of liquidation.
CRV is currently trading at $0.59, which means that a decline of nearly 60% in its value could trigger liquidation. In such a scenario, the borrower’s collateral would be sold to repay the borrowed asset, resulting in bad debt. To manage his substantial loan positions, Egorov has been consistently selling millions of dollars’ worth of CRV tokens through over-the-counter trades since the security breach in the Curve protocol.
With the Aave community divided over the proposed acquisition of CRV tokens, only time will tell if it is indeed a prudent move that aligns with the principles of decentralized finance or a risky venture that adds further uncertainty to the DeFi landscape.
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