The Luna Foundation Guard’s 80k Bitcoin Sold to Save UST’s Peg Were Likely Scooped Up By BTC Whales

Abstract:

• Earlier this month, the Luna Basis Guard drained its 80k Bitcoin reserves to avoid wasting UST’s peg.
• In keeping with Glassnode, the Bitcoin offered to avoid wasting UST’s peg probably ended up being purchased by small-time BTC whales proudly owning lower than 100 cash.
• The Luna Basis Guard now holds 313 Bitcoin, down from 80,394 BTC declared on Could seventh, 2022.

In keeping with an evaluation by the staff at Glassnode, the Luna Basis Guard’s (LFG) 80k Bitcoin offered in an try to avoid wasting UST’s peg probably ended up being purchased by small BTC whales holding lower than 100 cash. The Glassnode staff shared their insights into the destiny of the LFG’s 80k Bitcoin reserves by way of the following statement and accompanying chart.

Through the $LUNA triggered sell-off in early Could, a complete of 80,081 $BTC had been liquidated by the Luna Basis Guard.

Apparently, the amount of provide held by entities < 100 $BTC has since elevated by 80,724 $BTC.

This exhibits a switch from LFG, to <100 $BTC holders.

The Luna Basis Guard Now Left with 313 Bitcoin

As to the circulation of the LFG’s Bitcoin throughout its try to avoid wasting UST’s peg, a report by the staff at Elliptic.com concluded that the transfers of Bitcoin began on the morning of Could ninth when 22,189 BTC was despatched to a brand new handle. Afterward, the LFG despatched one other 30k Bitcoin to the identical handle, and inside hours, a complete of 52,189 BTC had been despatched to the Gemini alternate. The next day, 28,295 BTC was despatched to Binance.

In a Could sixteenth Tweet, the LFG broke down how its BTC reserves had been offered to avoid wasting UST’s peg. Their rationalization kicked off with the declaration that it held 80,394 Bitcoin as of Could seventh, 2022.

1/ As of Saturday, Could 7, 2022, the Luna Basis Guard held a reserve consisting of the next belongings:
· 80,394 $BTC
· 39,914 $BNB
· 26,281,671 $USDT
· 23,555,590 $USDC
· 1,973,554 $AVAX
· 697,344 $UST
· 1,691,261 $LUNA

— LFG | Luna Basis Guard (@LFG_org) May 16, 2022

As UST misplaced its peg, the LFG began promoting its Bitcoin to transform it into UST. It defined:

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…when the worth of $UST started to drop considerably under one greenback, the Basis started changing this reserve to $UST.

The Basis did so by instantly executing on-chain swaps and transferring $BTC to a counterparty to allow them to enter trades with the Basis in massive dimension & on quick discover.

Through the course of, the LFG transferred the sooner talked about ‘52,189 Bitcoin to commerce with a counterparty, internet of an extra of 5,313 BTC that was returned, for an combination 1,515,689,462 UST.’ One other 33,206 Bitcoin was offered for an combination of 1,164,018,521 UST.

The staff on the Luna Basis Guard concluded their report on the destiny of its Bitcoin reserves by offering the next replace of its holdings as of Could sixteenth.

• 313 Bitcoin
• 39,914 Binance Coin
• 1,973,554 Avalanche (AVAX)
• 1,847,079,725 UST
• 222,713,007 LUNA (of which 221,021,746 is presently staked with validators)