Expansion exposure -- Recap of MKR

We analyzed the fundamentals and technical aspects of Maker DAO in early April. Let's take a look at the changes after a month.

Fundamentally, as the head protocol of RWA, MakerDAO is famous for its security. But after ONDO established cooperation with BlackRock fund BUIDL. MakerDAO chose to expand its $600 million DAI exposure to Ethena’s USDe and sUSDe. This may be due to the continued strength of ONDO. However, it is dangerous for an over-collateralized stablecoin to open up exposure to a centralized stablecoin (USDe is based on the funding rate arbitrage model to generate high returns and high risks. We will explain it in a subsequent analysis if we have the opportunity). After its implementation, multiple DeFi protocols that adopted DAI, such as AAVE, began to consider reducing the share of DAI to avoid risks.

We represent ENA (Ethena’s token) with a yellow line in the figure. MakerDAO said on April 9 that it was expanding its exposure. The impact of this aggressive move on the price was obvious. After that, MKR continued to pull back and the bulls weakened.

On the TSB indicator we can see that although the bar bounced back after touching the wavy zone multiple times, the bulls were encouraged. However, the TSB indicator prompted a SELL signal today, which shows that at the daily level, MKR's bullish trend is temporarily over. If you are long MKR based on the TSB indicator, you can first consider taking profits.



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