Decoding the Liquid Loans Analytics (Weekly Highlights)

Liquid Loans launched on December 1st, 2023.

Right out of the gates, billions of PLS was locked up and millions of USDL was minted.

This running blog post will summarize and analyze the stats from the protocol.

Week # 6 (January 5th-January 12th, 2024)

Borrowing

• 1 TRILLION PLS worth 83 Million USD is collateralized across 1006 vaults
• The current supply of USDL is 28.74 Million
• The total collateral ratio of the protocol is 288%

USDL/PLS Pair

• The current liquidity for the PLS/USDL pair is 1.7 Million USD, a significant pull back from over 6 Million the day prior
• Volume through the pair has not decreased to the same degree, increasing fees for the liquidity providers
• The pair has dropped to the 11th most liquid pool on PulseChain and the fourth most liquid stablecoin on PulseChain

Stability Pool & Liquidations

• 26.5 Million USDL is staked in the Stability Pool, representing over 92% of the total supply
• The APR of the Stability Pool is 112%
• 78 total vaults have been liquidated
• 1.89 Billion PLS has been absorbed by the Stability Pool from liquidations
• 193.4 Billion LOAN token has been issued to the Stability Pool since launch

LOAN Token

• 585 Billion LOAN tokens are staked worth 11.5 Million USD
• 194,000 USDL was issued to the LOAN Staking Pool from borrowing fees
• 1.12 Billion PLS was issued to the LOAN Staking Pool from redemption fees

Takeaways

• Rising PLS and LOAN prices have led to increased total value locked, total collateral ratios, TVL in Staking Pool, and total USDL supply
• The termination of the LP Rewards Program led to a sharp decrease in total value locked in the USDL:PLS liquidity pool. Click here to learn why you shouldn’t pull your liquidity, even though the LP Rewards is over.

Week #5 (December 29th-January 4th, 2024)

Borrrowing

• 957 Billion PLS worth 51 Million USD is collateralized across 1026 vaults
• The current supply of USDL is 24.5 Million
• The total collateral ratio is at 209%, still remaining healthy despite significant drawdowns in the price of PLS

USDL/PLS Pair

• The current liquidity for the PLS/USDL pair is 6.4 Million
• This makes USDL the second most liquid stablecoin on PulseChain behind Dai from Ethereum
• USDL/PLS is the 6th most liquid pair on PulseChain

Stability Pool and Liquidations

• 19 Million USDL is staked in the Stability Pool, making up 82% of the total supply
• The Stability Pool APR is 142% APR
• Total number of liquidated vaults is 77

LOAN Token

• 532 Billion LOAN Token is staked in the Staking Pool
• The APR of the Staking Pool is currently 67%

Takeaways

• Users have become more cautious with collateral ratios, as no vaults currently sit below 145% ICR. This is likely due to users wanting to avoid being redeemed against.
• The total collateral ratio of the protocol has remained healthy despite significant drawdowns in PLS yet again

Week #2 (December 8-14, 2023)

Borrowing

• 689 Billion PLS worth 37.8 Million USD is collateralized across 864 vaults
• The current supply of USDL is over 17 million
• The total collateral ratio of the protocol is at a healthy 222%

USDL/PLS Pair

• Total liquidity for the PLS:USDL pair on PulseX v2 is 7.3 Million USD
• This is the 4th most liquid pair on PulseChain
• This is the 2nd most liquid stablecoin pair of PulseChain behind PLS/DAI

Stability Pool and Liquidations

• Nearly 12.6 million USDL is staked, making up 76% of the total circulating supply
• Only 791 Million PLS was liquidated in the last 7 days, compared to 9 Billion the week prior
• Stability Pool APR fluctuated between 300-500%
• 413 Billion LOAN token was issued to the Stability Pool over the last 7 days

LOAN Token

• Over 335 Billion LOAN token is currently staked
• Staking Pool APR has fluctuated between 60-80%
• 31,00 USDL was paid to the Staking Pool from borrowing fees

Takeaways

• Individual collateral ratios appear to have risen as no single vaults is currently below 120%
• Users are becoming more understanding of how to maintain a healthy collateral ratio evidenced by a 90% decrease in size of liquidations
• Will the total value locked exceed 1 Trillion PLS before the new year?
• How will redemption affect the price of USDL as well as the yield in the LOAN Staking Pool?

Week #1 (December 1-7, 2023)

Borrowing

• 23.2 Million USD worth of PLS is currently collateralized across 637 individual vaults
• Over 10 Million USDL is currently circulating

Stability Pool & Liquidations

• Nearly 8 Million USDL is staked, making up a 80% of the total circulating USDL
• 9.3 Billion PLS has been absorbed by the Stability Pool through liquidations
• 166 B LOAN token were issued to the Stability Pool
• The APR of the Stability Pool has ranged from 600-1400% in the first week

LOAN Token

• Roughly 200 B Loan token worth 3M USD staked
• The LOAN Staking APR has ranged from 70-100%
• The Staking Pool earned 64,165 USDL from borrowing fees

Takeaways

• Liquid Loans has 3.12% (~500B of 16T) of circulating PLS locked. Surpassing Liquity (338.3k of 120.2M ETH) by 11x.
• All of this PLS has been removed temporarily as sell pressure
• A new native stablecoin has provided liquidity to PulseChain to the tune of roughly 4.8 million USD, surpassing bridged in USDT from Ethereum.
• 67 vaults were liquidated, highlighting the need for individuals to understand healthy collateral ratios
• The Liquid Loans protocol easily survived the first 10% dip in the price of PLS. The total collateral health of the ecosystem never fell below 190%