The address, which is affiliated with the bankruptcy hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), has pulled 20,945 stETH (~$33 million) from Curve Finance’s liquidity pool.
9,400 ETH, 20,945 ETH and other assets worth $57.86 million remained in the wallet.
Adam Cochran, a partner at Cinneamhain Ventures, noted that amid the suspension of borrowing on Ethereum by Aave before The Merge, many users are starting to close positions on The Curve, which could be a remake of the events of this summer.
An analyst nicknamed DeFiyst has announced that he has increased the borrowing rate on Ethereum from 10% to 20%, which puts pressure on the stETH/ETH exchange rate. The situation may worsen with the sale of 3AC “shared ether” soon.
“It hurts to be in one of these strategies right now” He wrote.
On Curve, stETH’s discount to ETH has expanded to 4.15%. Analyst Colin Wu has not ruled out interest in capitalizing on potential PoW forks of the second-largest cryptocurrency network.
At the same time, Alex Svanevik, CEO of the Nansen analytics platform, discovered a significant flow of “smart money” to staked versions of ETH – stETH, asSTETH, cbETH, icETH and withdrawal of sETH blocked in Aave.
Recall that the Ethereum developers planned the mainnet transition to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm around September 15.
They activated the Bellatrix update the other day. Upgrade is the last step before Merge.
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