MakerDAO’s new proposal plans to reduce DAI deposit interest rate to 3.93%
On November 24th, the MakerDAO core development team proposed to lower the DAI deposit rate (DSR) from 4.20% to 3.93%, as shown in the MakerDAO governance forum. This proposal still needs to go through the formal voting process to be approved.
HashKey Exchange will list MKR/USD at 16:00 on November 24th
Maker (MKR) will soon be listed on the licensed virtual asset exchange HashKey Exchange in Hong Kong. Recharge and withdrawal: now open. Trading opens on November 24, 2023 at 16:00 (Hong Kong time), trading pair: MKR/USD. Open to user types: professional investors only. Note: According to the requirements of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong, professional investors refer to high-net-worth individuals with investment portfolios of not less than HKD 8 million.
Maker: Several changes will be implemented tomorrow, including increasing the maximum debt limit of Spark D3M to 800 million DAI
According to BlockBeats news on November 20th, Maker announced on the X platform that following recent Maker Governance voting, the following changes will take effect on Tuesday, November 21st at 23:45. The most significant change is that the maximum debt ceiling for Spark D3M will be raised from 400 million DAI to 800 million DAI.
Paidun: An address exchanged 45,000 USDT for approximately 0.000038 DAI
According to Pai Shield monitoring, a certain address exchanged 45,000 USDT for 0.000037984028546726 DAI.
A giant whale sold 1,472MKR, gained 987ETH, and lost 178ETH
Lookonchain monitoring shows that in the past 2 hours, a whale sold 1,472 MKRs for 987 ETH (2.04 million US dollars) at a price of $1,385. In September, the whale spent 1,164 ETH (1.9 million US dollars) to buy 1,472 MKRs at a price of $1,293. However, due to the rise in ETH exceeding that of MKR, the whale still lost 178 ETH (367,000 US dollars).
Galaxy Digital borrowed another 10 million DAI by pledging WBTC and ETH, and has now borrowed a total of approximately US$104 million in stablecoins.
According to Lookonchain monitoring on November 15th, BlockBeats news reported that Galaxy Digital borrowed 10 million DAI again by mortgaging WBTC and ETH six hours ago, and exchanged it for 10 million USDC.
A giant whale spent 22.8 million DAI to buy 11,522 ETH in the early morning
According to X user @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, at 3:00 am this morning, ETH briefly fell to $1,949, and the whale with a 100% win rate in November started buying for the third time. The whale started building positions from the drop of ETH (02:44 in the morning), buying continuously for an hour, spending a total of 22.8 million DAI to buy 11,522 ETH, with an average cost of $1,978. Currently, the price of ETH has rebounded slightly and is now at $1,972.
Scroll launched a proposal on the MakerDAO governance forum, proposing to deploy SparkLend to the Scroll network
According to the governance page, the Scroll team has released a proposal on the MakerDAO governance forum, proposing to deploy SparkLend to the Scroll network.
Can Stablecoins Get Past Their Instability?
Moody's Head of DeFi Rajeev Bamra considers the role stablecoins play cryptocurrency markets, and the risks posed by "depegging" events.
Paidun: About 490,000 DAI was liquidated at a certain address
According to Pai Shield monitoring, address 0x9dbe...0a53 has been liquidated for 49,042 DAI, with a repayment amount of 245.15 WETH.
MakerDAO has paid a total of $1.5 million in stamp duty to Switzerland on its RWA assets
MakerDAO has paid a total of $1.5 million in stamp duty for its RWA assets to Switzerland. The stamp duty for offshore entities in Switzerland is 15 basis points, resulting in $750,000 in stamp duty for MakerDAO's $500 million investment. When these assets are sold in the future, another $750,000 will be paid in stamp duty. (DL News)
MakerDAO has paid $1.5 million in stamp duty to purchase U.S. Treasury bonds
According to DL News on November 8, MakerDAO recently paid approximately $1.5 million in stamp duty to the Swiss government due to trading US bonds in Switzerland. DeFi asset advisor Monetalis Clydesdale invested $500 million in US ETF on behalf of MakerDAO through Swiss encrypted bank Sygnum in October 2022. According to Swiss regulations for offshore entities, the transaction requires a stamp duty of 0.15%. MakerDAO needs to pay stamp duty once for buying and selling, so it paid approximately $1.5 million in total.
As the cryptocurrency lending market shrinks, MakerDAO has expanded its physical asset portfolio to around $3.9 billion, mainly in US government bonds. In the future, it plans to further expand into private credit and loan securitization products.
New executive voting goes live on Maker governance portal
Maker announced on X platform that a new executive voting feature is now available on the Maker governance portal. MKR holders and representatives can use their voting rights to deploy the following changes: DAO solution for HV Bank (RWA009-A) Vault; MKR ownership transfer for Immunefi Security Core Unit; adding GUSD and USDP Jar as well as SwapInputConduit contract to Chainlog; and payment of Spark protocol-Aave revenue sharing.
Stables announces new support for stablecoins DAI and PYUSD
Australian cryptocurrency wallet Stables has announced the addition of support for stablecoins DAI and PYUSD.
MakerDAO transfers $250 million from Coinbase to maintain DAI peg
According to reports, MakerDAO transferred $250 million from Coinbase to the anchored stable module (PSM) of DAI to maintain anchoring, as the USDC reserve in DAI (which needs to exceed $200 million to be considered safe) approached nearly $60 million on Tuesday morning local time.
PSM is a collateral pool that allows users to mint DAI by exchanging USDC at a 1:1 ratio and arbitrage back to the US dollar anchor. If the PSM reserve is depleted, the price of DAI may be higher or lower than $1.
Before the Coinbase Custody transfer arrived, over $100 million left the PSM from Sunday to Tuesday. A source said that large PSM transfers seemed to flow to centralized exchanges.
On the Maker forum, Allan Pedersen, CEO of DeFi lending company Monetalis, wrote that the team is working to automate PSM using smart contracts, "but for now, instruction-based automation using trustees, administrators, legal structures, and banks/centralized exchanges is secure and stable."
MakerDAO transfers $250 million from Coinbase to secure DAI peg
MakerDAO transferred $250 million from Coinbase to the DAI Peg Stabilization Module (PSM) to maintain the peg after the USDC reserve in DAI (which needs to exceed at least $200 million to be considered safe) approached dropping below $60 million earlier today. PSM is a collateral pool that allows users to mint DAI by exchanging USDC at a 1:1 ratio and arbitrage DAI back to being pegged to the dollar. If the PSM reserve is depleted, the price of DAI may be higher or lower than $1.
Fantom Foundation attacker once again exchanged approximately 8.3 million DAI for 4,621.8 ETH
PeckShield has detected that the address identified as the attacker of the Fantom Foundation employee wallet has transferred about 8.3 million DAI to a new address 0x5cDE...F801 and exchanged it for about 4,621.8 ETH.Previously, the attacker had exchanged 8,087,377.97 DAI for 4,560.52 ETH a day ago, and in the past 30 minutes, exchanged 4,560.52 ETH for about 8.3 million DAI.
MakerDAO Purchased Another US$50 Million in RWA Assets. The Current Total Assets of RWA Are Approximately US$3.377 Billion.
According to Makerburn data, MakerDAO has once again added $50 million in RWA assets through BlockTower Andromeda today, and the current total RWA assets of the protocol are approximately $3.377 billion.
One Address Was Liquidated for 851,020 DAI
According to PeckShield's monitoring, address 0x9dbe...0a53 has liquidated 851,020 DAI.