2022-05-12 07:52:30
What happened with LUNA , and how it was coordinated and executed: - Attacker OTC accumulated $1bn of UST
- Borrowed $3bn in $btc
- Spread around some fud about peg and bank runs
- Dumped their $3bn $btc on market to trigger wider panic.
- 10 min after LFG pulled some liquidity from curve in preparation for 4pool the attackers pounced
- First cleared all liquidity from curve (needed just $350m $ust to do that)
- Then started dumping their $ust on Binance
- Creating a small depeg
- terra market module configured for $150m daily throughput for peg restoration would be enough if liquidity on curve was the intended $4bn instead of $350m
- people in small panic because $btc tanking and small $ust depeg so LFG started selling $btc to restore peg
- that's exactly what the attackers wanted because they've shorted $btc
- LFG dumping $btc while attackers putting pressure on by dumping $ust
- the more $btc sold the lower $btc tanked increasing panic the more $ust sell pressure the attackers needed
- finally people mass panicking and mass congestion hit the chain, cexs suspended withdrawals and shit hit the fan -> bank run on anchor
- Jump/LFG likely realized whats happening somewhere in the middle of their $btc reserve bag, stopped dumping $btc to save the peg, let it burn
- now peg is being restored naturally via the market module
- rumors about big deals made during the night
All of this would not be economically viable if the 4pool was live. Because clearing the 4pool alone would require $3bn instead of $350m. The timing was not a coincidence.Source: @4484twitter
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