Cardano holder for five years accidentally burned more than six million dollars in ADA, after using an illiquid pool of traders to facilitate a swap between stablecoins.
Trade, First noted ZachXBT, a blockchain detective on Sunday saw 14,4 million Cardano tokens (ADAs) worth $6.9 millions swapped The stablecoin US dollar Anzens, (USDA), was sold for $847,695. This resulted in an estimated loss of about $6.05million.
You can also find out more about the following: Cardano user — with wallet address “addr…4×534” — appeared to make a test At 4:06 PM UTC, Sunday afternoon, a transaction was made to exchange 4,437 ADA (the ADA stablecoin) for a US Dollar stablecoin. This occurred just 33 seconds prior to the USDA multi-million dollar swap.
Cardano wallet Address had been dormant From September 13, 2020
Do not make larger transfers to small liquidity pools.
The bizarre trade highlights the importance of swapping in liquid crypto pools — particularly large orders that can significantly impact prices — to prevent unfavorable execution rates.
CoinGecko reported that the transaction contributed to ANZA rising to almost $1.26, before dropping back down to just $1.04 as of this writing. data shows.
Was the USDA fat-fingered by this trader?
Cardano’s user may not have intended to purchase the stablecoin. It has a small market capitalization of $10.6 million.
Data from blockchain indicates that this cryptotrader has never owned the USDA stablecoin prior to the transaction.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
