Michael Egorov, the founder of Curve Finance, has once again experienced a liquidation of his position in Curve (CRV), just days after a significant repurchase aimed at propping up the token's price. The liquidation occurred following a market drawdown, leading to the loss of 918.83K CRV, valued at over $898,000.
TL;DR Michael Egorov, founder of Curve Finance, suffered an $882,000 liquidation in CRV due to a 12% drop in its price in 24 hours. This liquidation adds to a history of losses, including a $140 million liquidation in June, related to an attack on the UwU Lend platform.
Cryptocurrencies endured a bloodbath following the Fed's hawkish tone on Wednesday. Despite the expected 25 bp interest rate reduction, Jerome Powell plunged markets with negative remarks. Besides signaling a more cautious stance when navigating further policy rate adjustments, Powell dented the hopes of the highly-awaited Bitcoin Reserve.
CRV drops 13% amid liquidation claims involving founder Egorov. Egorov denies allegations, linking tokens to prior “uwu” hack receipts.
Curve Founder Liquidation: Michael Egorov's $882K CRV position was liquidated after a 12% drop in the CRV's price within 24 hours.
Curve founder Michael Egorov played down the $882,000 liquidation on X.
Currently ranked 90th among cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, CRV has a market cap of $1.18 billion and a trading volume of $512 million.
According to Spot On Chain's X post, Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov purchased CRV worth $1.2 million (108 million coins) on December 17. While the substantial buyback appeared timely as markets eyed the Santa rally, Fed-driven sell-offs have seen Egorov enduring massive liquidations.
Michael Egorov's wallet marked a CRV token liquidation for 918.83K CRV, adding pressure on the token price.
Curve DAO Token (CRV) faced a sharp price drop, leading to the liquidation of CurveFI founder Michael Egorov's account. Recent reports showed that he lost 918.83K tokens worth $882.66K amid the 12% decline in CRV's value over 24 hours.
Spot On Chain's data revealed that Curve's founder, Michael Egorov, made a huge repurchase of 1.08M CRV a little over five hours ago. He bought the CRV tokens at $1.114 each for $1.2M, which marked his first major buyback since the June liquidation.
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