The Gauntlet proposal suggests an emergency pause on the lending markets for USDC, USDS, and USDT on Ethereum

DeFi research and risk management company Gauntlet has proposed a temporary emergency pause on the following independent lending Comet markets in Compound v3 on the Ethereum lending protocol forum, including: USDC on Ethereum, USDS on Ethereum, and USDT on Ethereum.

Gauntlet stated that it observed a liquidity crisis with both deUSD and sdeUSD under Elixir, which are both listed as collateral on Ethereum USDC, USDS, and USDT. Gauntlet has suggested updating the risk parameters (Tally), which have not yet been approved by the governance committee. Before the proposal is approved, Gauntlet recommends pausing withdrawals of the affected tokens. This means that USDS, USDC, and USDT tokens on Compound v3 will not be able to establish new lending positions or withdraw liquidity. Yesterday, Stream Finance disclosed that its fund assets suffered a loss of $93 million, with Elixir bearing an exposure of $68 million, as deUSD and sdeUSD under Elixir faced a liquidity crisis.