THORChain pauses lending, savings but $200M restructure ‘no big deal’
Decentralized, cross-chain “liquidity protocol” THORChain has paused its lending and saving services after the community raised concerns about the project’s solvency. Aside from its core function as a cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX), THORChain offers generous bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) collateralized “0% interest, no liquidations, and no expiration” loans as well as “Savers” vaults on native tokens. .@THORChain is insolvent In the event of any large debt redemption and/or savers & synths deleveraging, it is certain that TC cannot meet its bitcoin and eth denominated obligations. Validators decided to pause the network while they vote a restructuring plan — TCB (@1984_is_today) January 24, 2025 Read more: Do Kwon escapes extradition limbo — enters US trial limbo THORChain community member TCB pointed to total liabilities of around $200 million between the two programs, backed by just $107 million of (non-locked) liquidity. The thread e...