Re:Major crypto trading firm Alameda Research might be insol...
by RuggedPineapple on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:57AM
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When it's collateralized with crypto it's uncollateralized. 3AC learned this. Like half the exchanges have learned this over the last year. There is no inherent value in any of them, there is no hard floor of assets, as the market continues to tank that 'collateral' becomes/remains worthless. It's turtles all the way down.
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Re:Major crypto trading firm Alameda Research might be insol...
by vgatherps on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:49AM
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The 3AC saga wasn't because crypto collateralisation turned out to be bogus, it was just that lenders gave them un/undercollateralized loans. Their downbringing was taking cash liabilities, on leverage (the un/ndercollateralized part), and using that to make risky bets. They took a ton of leverage to bet that the GBTC/BTC spread would close (but it widened, a friend of mine called this killing them over a year in advance), iirc positions in stETH/ETH spreads, illiquid (but very profitable...) vc investments, as well as just going long crypto.