{"id":60280,"date":"2023-09-27T09:22:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T13:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=60280"},"modified":"2023-09-27T09:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T13:22:44","slug":"curve-finance-founder-settles-aave-loan-cutting-debt-to-42-7m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/curve-finance-founder-settles-aave-loan-cutting-debt-to-42-7m\/","title":{"rendered":"Curve Finance Founder Settles Aave Loan, Cutting Debt to $42.7M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov recently settled his loans on the<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/discord-surrounds-aave-proposal-to-suspend-curve-founder-loans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> lending platform Aave<\/a>, reducing his debt to $42.7 million across other DeFi protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83-1024x619.png\" alt=\"Curve Finance Founder Settles Aave Loan, Cutting Debt to $42.7M\" class=\"wp-image-60293\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83-1024x619.png 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83-768x464.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83-750x454.png 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83-1140x689.png 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83.png 1255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Curve Finance Founder Settles Aave Loan, Cutting Debt to $42.7M<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain, the proprietor of Curve deposited 68 million CRV tokens, worth $35.5 million, to the lending protocol Silo and borrowed 10.77 million in crvUSD stablecoin over the course of the last two days. Egorov then exchanged the crvUSD for Tether and settled his entire Aave debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Egorov deposited 68M <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24CRV&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$CRV<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> ($35.5M) to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Silo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Silo<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> and borrowed 10.77M <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24crvUSD&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$crvUSD<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> in the past 2 days.<br><br>Then swapped <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24crvUSD&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$crvUSD<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDT&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$USDT<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> and repaid the all debt on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Aave?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Aave<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<br><br>He currently has 253.67M <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24CRV&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$CRV<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>($132.52M) in collateral and $42.7M in debt on 4 platforms.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/stkFvDrlnv\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/stkFvDrlnv<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oBQ4yiT9Xs\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/oBQ4yiT9Xs<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1706846422304534836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 27, 2023<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lookonchain, Curve Finance's proprietor holds 253,67 million <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/curve-token-crv-soars-17-after-terras-4pool-launch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CRV tokens<\/a> as collateral and owes $42.7 million across four protocols, including Silo, Fraxlend, Inverse, and Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 1, Egorov made headlines for his $100 million DeFi debt, as reports indicated that further declines in the price of Curve DAO (CRV) tokens could initiate liquidations and cause DeFi to implode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing the risks, the proprietor of Curve took steps to reduce his debt and utilization rate at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to a reentrancy vulnerability, the protocol suffered a $47 million breach at the time, precipitating a steep decline in the value of CRV tokens. Several Curve Finance stable pools were exploited on July 30 due to vulnerabilities in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemy.com\/dapps\/vyper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Vyper programming language<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Curve Finance, the reentrancy locks failed, resulting in the compromise of the pools. On August 1, CRV tokens dropped from $0.73 on July 30 to $0.50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov recently settled his loans on the lending platform Aave, reducing his debt to $42.7 million across other DeFi protocols. According to the on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain, the proprietor of Curve deposited 68 million CRV tokens, worth $35.5 million, to the lending protocol Silo and borrowed 10.77 million in crvUSD stablecoin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[15510,5916,16565],"class_list":["post-60280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-curve-finance-2","tag-debt-2","tag-aave-loan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-83.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}