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aaveSource: Aave governor v2 · #269

Gauntlet Cap Updates for Ethereum, Optimism Aave v3

executedJul 14, 2023, 05:37 PM UTCby680x683a…6c02

01Summary

AISummary by Kvorumclaude-haiku-4-5

Gauntlet proposes reducing supply caps for BAL (700k to 350k), LINK (24M to 15M) on Ethereum v3, and OP (20M to 10M) on Optimism v3 to mitigate tail risks due to historically low cap usage and declining liquidity.

Type
parameter change

Key changes

  • Reduce BAL supply cap on Ethereum v3 from 700,000 to 350,000(medium)
  • Reduce LINK supply cap on Ethereum v3 from 24,000,000 to 15,000,000(medium)
  • Reduce OP supply cap on Optimism v3 from 20,000,000 to 10,000,000(medium)

Notable concerns

  • Cap reductions may limit protocol exposure to these assets
  • Users with positions near or at the new caps may face reduced borrowing capacity
Contracts0x2ee993533a482fe0f22d0FdF1B84AE1a0537E5ed0xE1Dd796dBEB5A67CE37CbC52dCD164D0535c901E
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02Description

433 words

Summary

Gauntlet recommends cap changes on Ethereum v3 and Optimism v3. For more details, see the full forum post here.

Motivation

Cap usages have been historically low and liquidity has declined for several assets - we recommend lowering caps to reduce tail risks. Our dashboard has more color on how caps have continuously evolved over the past few months.

Specification

ChainAssetCapCurrentRecommended
EthereumBALSUPPLY700000350000
EthereumLINKSUPPLY2400000015000000
OptimismOPSUPPLY2000000010000000

Implementation

The proposal implements changes on Ethereum v3 and Optimism v3 using the following pre-deployed payloads:

Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.

By approving this proposal, you agree that any services provided by Gauntlet shall be governed by the terms of service available at gauntlet.network/tos. This message is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation for any security, nor does it constitute an offer to provide investment advisory or other services by Gauntlet Networks Inc. No reference to any specific security constitutes a recommendation to buy, sell or hold that security or any other security. Nothing in this report shall be considered a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any security, future, option or other financial instrument or to offer or provide any investment advice or service to any person in any jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this report constitutes investment advice or offers any opinion with respect to the suitability of any security, and the views expressed in this report should not be taken as advice to buy, sell or hold any security. The information in this report should not be relied upon for the purpose of investing. In preparing the information contained in this report, we have not taken into account the investment needs, objectives and financial circumstances of any particular investor. This information has no regard to the specific investment objectives, financial situation and particular needs of any specific recipient of this information and investments discussed may not be suitable for all investors. Any views expressed in this report by us were prepared based upon the information available to us at the time such views were written. Changed or additional information could cause such views to change. All information is subject to possible correction. Information may quickly become unreliable for various reasons, including changes in market conditions or economic circumstances.

03Mismatch analysis

AIMismatch analysis by Kvorummedium confidenceclaude-sonnet-5
Consistent

The description names two pre-deployed payload contracts: one on Ethereum (0x2ee993...) and one on Optimism (0xE1Dd79...). Action 0 directly targets and executes the Ethereum payload address, matching exactly. Action 1 targets a different Ethereum-side address (0x5f5c0287...) but passes the exact Optimism payload address as its function argument — this is consistent with Aave's known cross-chain governance bridge pattern, where an Ethereum contract forwards execution to an L2 payload rather than the L2 contract being called directly from mainnet governance. This is not a target mismatch but the expected mechanism for cross-chain proposal execution. The specific supply cap values (BAL, LINK, OP) are encoded inside the payload contracts' own logic, which is not visible in the decoded calldata (only the outer execute() calls are shown), so exact numeric verification of the caps isn't possible from this data alone — this is typical for Aave payload-controller-style proposals and lowers confidence slightly rather than indicating a problem. No omitted, extra, or mismatched actions were found relative to the description's claims about which contracts would be invoked.

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04Actions

2 total
#0fallback()chain 0x1
Target
0x2ee9…e5ed
Value
0 wei
Function
fallback()
Arguments
{}
Calldata
#1execute(address)chain 0x1
Target
0x5f5c…6711
Value
0 wei
Function
execute(address)
Arguments
{
  "0": "0xE1Dd796dBEB5A67CE37CbC52dCD164D0535c901E"
}
Calldata

05Tally

Summed from votes

Voters34
VP participating630.8K
Outcome (current)For
Current support100%

06Voters

34 total
Filter:
VoterChoice% of totalRationale
320x329c…3ed4For242.5K38.44%—3y ago
070x0703…961bFor109.3K17.33%—3y ago
620x62a4…816aFor83.2K13.20%—3y ago
130x13bd…8548For82.2K13.03%—3y ago
E40xe459…e666For51.9K8.23%—3y ago
B90xb933…8dd1For42K6.66%—3y ago
EA0xea17…6676For15.3K2.42%—3y ago
180x1855…98baFor3K0.48%—3y ago
A00xa06c…61f7For604.60.10%—3y ago
050x0527…8469For4030.06%—3y ago
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07Forum

AIForum synthesis by Kvorumclaude-haiku-4-5
sentiment · favorablethread · constructive

Arguments for

  • Supply caps for BAL, LINK, and OP are underutilized (20%, 5%, and 1% respectively) and should be lowered to reduce tail risk exposure.— Gauntlet

Arguments against

None surfaced.

Notable participants

  • GauntletRisk analysis firm that authored and advanced the cap reduction proposal based on their methodology.
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