In keeping with Arkham Intelligence, Alameda Analysis liquidators had been liquidated for the second time in three days in gentle of latest market actions.
Alameda liquidators wrote off $15,000 of Curve DAO token (CRV) debt on Jan. 14 in change for 0.83 wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) — or roughly $17,600 of their collateral.
Alameda nonetheless holds a place quick $16,500 of CRV — collateralized by $23,000 WBTC, based on Arkham Intelligence.
Second liquidation in three days
After the lack of roughly $1.7 million in funds by means of mixers typically utilized by hackers on Dec. 28, 2022, Alameda liquidators had been pressured to turn into lively on-chain to maneuver property to safer multi-signature wallets.
Regardless of Alameda liquidators’ greatest efforts to safe all funds, Arkham evaluation revealed that “vital 7- and 8-figure sums of capital” was left stranded in Alameda wallets.
“On the pockets 0x712, liquidators tried to take away property from a borrow place on the DeFi protocol [Aave].
Moderately than paying again the debt to shut out the place, the liquidators opted to take away all further collateral, placing the place in peril of liquidation.”
In doing so, Alameda liquidators brought on a liquidation of roughly 4 WBTC — value $72,000 — along with a penalty slashed from the liquidated collateral when forcibly closing the pockets’s AAVE positions.
