Add wstETH as collateral into cUSDCv3 on Arbitrum
01Summary
Compound governance proposal to add wstETH as collateral to the cUSDCv3 market on Arbitrum network, with risk parameters recommended by Gauntlet. The action sends encoded calls across the bridge to enable this new asset listing.
- Type
- protocol addition
Key changes
- Add wstETH as collateral asset to Compound III USDC market on Arbitrum(high)
- Set risk parameters for wstETH based on Gauntlet recommendations(high)
- Deploy and upgrade contract on Arbitrum via cross-chain governance receiver(medium)
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02Description
Add wstETH as collateral into cUSDCv3 on Arbitrum
Proposal summary
Compound Growth Program [AlphaGrowth] proposes to add wstETH into cUSDCv3 on Arbitrum network. This proposal takes the governance steps recommended and necessary to update a Compound III USDC market on Arbitrum. Simulations have confirmed the market’s readiness, as much as possible, using the Comet scenario suite. The new parameters include setting the risk parameters based off of the recommendations from Gauntlet.
Further detailed information can be found on the corresponding proposal pull request and forum discussion.
Proposal Actions
The first proposal action adds wstETH to the USDC Comet on Arbitrum. This sends the encoded addAsset and deployAndUpgradeTo calls across the bridge to the governance receiver on Arbitrum.
03Mismatch analysis
The proposal describes a single logical action: bridging an addAsset + deployAndUpgradeTo call pair to Arbitrum's Comet USDC market to list wstETH as collateral. The single decoded on-chain action is a createRetryableTicket call to the Arbitrum canonical bridge Inbox contract on mainnet, which is the standard mechanism Compound Governance uses to relay L2 governance calls. Inspecting the embedded calldata bytes, the ASCII strings 'addAsset(address,(address,address,address,uint8,uint64,uint64,uint64,uint128))' and 'deployAndUpgradeTo(address,address)' are clearly present, matching exactly what the description claims is being sent across the bridge. The value sent (retryable ticket fees) is boilerplate for this bridging pattern and not something the description needs to itemize. I cannot fully decode the nested numeric risk parameters (collateral factors, supply caps, etc.) embedded in the payload to verify they precisely match Gauntlet's published recommendations, since the proposal text does not state specific numeric values to compare against — it only references an external forum post. Because of this inherent limitation in verifying deeply nested parameter values without external context, confidence is medium rather than high. However, structurally and functionally, the description accurately represents what the single calldata action does: no target mismatches, no unexplained extra actions, and no evidence of omitted or contradictory behavior were found.
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04Actions
- Target
- 0x4dbd…ab3f
- Value
- 2325802500000000 wei
- Function
- createRetryableTicket(address,uint256,uint256,address,address,uint256,uint256,bytes)
- Arguments
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05Tally
Summed from votes
06Voters
No votes recorded yet.
07Forum
- [Gauntlet] wstETH and ezETH Asset Listing ↗discourse · high confidence
Arguments for
- wstETH is a popular and dominant collateral asset on leading lending protocols that will increase borrowing opportunities for holders and improve capital efficiency.— Gauntlet, sharp
- The Compound Growth Program will provide developer resources and expedite deployment of these assets across multiple markets.— sharp
- Prior coding work by the Lido team for wstETH on multiple markets has been completed and was previously blocked only by exchange rate oracle implementation, which Gauntlet's refreshed parameters now help resolve.— sharp
- Gauntlet has provided rigorous risk analysis with detailed liquidity profiles and conservative parameters tailored to each market, supporting safe listing.— Gauntlet
- All technical testing including Forge tests, gas profiling, scenario simulations, and contract linting have passed successfully across all proposed deployments.— dmitriywoofsoftware
Arguments against
None surfaced.
Unresolved concerns
- Slither security analysis fails on all pull requests for asset listings, though other tests pass; the significance and implications of these failures are not discussed.— dmitriywoofsoftware
- Limited DEX liquidity on Optimism ($3.61M TVL with ~$1M available for swapping) may constrain capital efficiency for ezETH listings on that chain.— Gauntlet
Notable participants
- GauntletRisk analysis provider who issued detailed parameter recommendations for wstETH and ezETH across multiple chains and markets.
- sharpCompound Growth Program representative who championed the proposal, confirmed Lido's completed coding work, and committed developer resources for expedited deployment.
- dmitriywoofsoftwareTechnical lead who prepared and submitted pull requests for all asset listing implementations with comprehensive testing documentation.
- kenx3495Community member who expressed support for the listing and Gauntlet's refreshed parameters.
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