[Gauntlet] - Cap recommendations (01/21/25)
01Summary
Gauntlet recommends increasing supply caps for two assets across Compound V3 Comets: cbBTC cap in USDT Comet from 500 to 1,000, and tBTC cap in USDC Comet from 285 to 570. These changes aim to improve capital efficiency.
- Type
- parameter change
Key changes
- Increase Ethereum V3 USDT Comet's cbBTC Supply Cap from 500 to 1,000(medium)
- Increase Ethereum V3 USDC Comet's tBTC Supply Cap from 285 to 570(medium)
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02Description
[Gauntlet] - Cap recommendations (01/21/25)
Summary
Gauntlet recommends the following risk recommendations to the protocol:
- Increase Ethereum V3 USDT Comet’s cbBTC Supply Cap from 500 to 1,000.
- Increase Ethereum V3 USDC Comet’s tBTC Supply Cap from 285 to 570.
Motivation
This recommendation aims to increase supply caps for various assets across multiple Comets. Gauntlet recommends to increase supply caps to increase capital efficiency within the Comets.
Full proposal and forum discussions can be found in the following posts.
Specification
The proposal updates the parameters by using the respective methods on the Configurator.
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
03Mismatch analysis
Verified both supply cap changes described in the proposal against the decoded calldata. Action 0 sets tBTC supply cap on the mainnet USDC Comet (0xc3d688...) to 570e18, matching '285 to 570' (tBTC has 18 decimals). Action 2 sets cbBTC supply cap on the mainnet USDT Comet (0x3Afdc9...) to 100,000,000,000 (1e11), which equals 1000 cbBTC given its 8 decimals, matching '500 to 1,000'. Both asset and comet addresses correspond to the tokens/markets named in the description (tBTC, cbBTC, USDC Comet, USDT Comet). Actions 1 and 3 are deployAndUpgradeTo calls to the Comet proxy factory — this is the routine, standard mechanism used to push Configurator parameter changes live and is not something a description of this type would be expected to itemize separately. No value, target, or magnitude mismatches were found, and no actions in the calldata are unaccounted for by the description's stated intent (two supply cap increases). Overall the description accurately and completely represents the on-chain actions.
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04Actions
- Target
- 0x316f…36e3
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- updateAssetSupplyCap(address,address,uint128)
- Arguments
{ "0": "0xc3d688B66703497DAA19211EEdff47f25384cdc3", "1": "0x18084fbA666a33d37592fA2633fD49a74DD93a88", "2": "570000000000000000000" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0x1ec6…8779
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- deployAndUpgradeTo(address,address)
- Arguments
{ "0": "0x316f9708bB98af7dA9c68C1C3b5e79039cD336E3", "1": "0xc3d688B66703497DAA19211EEdff47f25384cdc3" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0x316f…36e3
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- updateAssetSupplyCap(address,address,uint128)
- Arguments
{ "0": "0x3Afdc9BCA9213A35503b077a6072F3D0d5AB0840", "1": "0xcbB7C0000aB88B473b1f5aFd9ef808440eed33Bf", "2": "100000000000" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0x1ec6…8779
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- deployAndUpgradeTo(address,address)
- Arguments
{ "0": "0x316f9708bB98af7dA9c68C1C3b5e79039cD336E3", "1": "0x3Afdc9BCA9213A35503b077a6072F3D0d5AB0840" }- Calldata
05Tally
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06Voters
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07Forum
- [Gauntlet] Supply Cap Recommendation Proposals ↗discourse · high confidence
Arguments for
- Supply cap increases are justified by high utilization rates (75%+) on various assets across chains, indicating market demand and the need to prevent caps from constraining legitimate user activity.— Gauntlet
- Liquidation analysis shows acceptable slippage levels relative to liquidation penalties when caps are increased, indicating that larger caps can be safely accommodated without excessive risk.— Gauntlet
- Top suppliers maintain strong health factors (often >1.4 to >4), demonstrating that large position holders are well-collateralized and pose low liquidation risk even at higher caps.— Gauntlet
- Exchange rate oracles enable safer cap increases for assets like ezETH, wstETH, and weETH because liquidation pathways are constrained, reducing systemic risk from large caps.— Gauntlet
- Asset supplies are growing and circulating supply on various chains supports higher cap levels relative to current utilization, allowing protocol to accommodate organic growth.— Gauntlet
Arguments against
None surfaced.
Unresolved concerns
- sFRAX supply cap was increased since 12/9 but utilization data only shows through 12/8, leaving unclear whether the additional increase to 20M was justified by actual demand.— Tane
- Top supplier data shown in images does not match the supplied amounts, raising questions about whether other large suppliers exist that should be displayed for transparency.— Tane
- Top supplier addresses should be provided in text format rather than images for accessibility and to enable community verification of supplier identities and positions.— Tane
Notable participants
- GauntletPrimary proposer issuing repeated supply cap recommendations backed by utilization data, slippage analysis, and top supplier health metrics.
- TaneCommunity member raising questions about data currency, completeness of supplier disclosure, and format of supplier information.
- dmitriywoofsoftwareCommunity participant who supported and accelerated one proposal to push it on-chain.
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