Justin Solar’s Pockets Remodeled $3 Mln on Lack of USDC Peg to Greenback

Lookonchain reported {that a} pockets “presumably” linked to Tron founder Justin SUN made $3.3 mln from the lack of the USD Coin (USDC) peg on March 11. Based on Lookonchain, handle 0xbcb7 withdrew 50 mln USDC from Aave after the stablecoin misplaced its peg. The handle then exchanged these USDC for DAI at a 1:1 ratio and likewise withdrew over 30 mln USDC from Binance to be exchanged for DAI.

This similar handle later withdrew 214.9 mln USDT from Binance and swapped 100 mln of it for 103.3 mln USDC. The handle additionally exchanged 75 mln USDT for 75.5 mln DAI earlier than swapping USDC for DAI. As USDC recovers its peg, the handle exchanged 30 mln DAI for 30 mln USDC whereas shopping for 20 mln USDC for 20 mln USDT. Then all 50 mln USDC have been despatched to the brand new handle 0x30Dff. 100 mln USDC was transferred to deal with 0x30Dff and 150 mln USDC was transferred to Coinbase, more than likely to be transformed into USD.

The vitalik.eth pockets spent 500 Ethereum (ETH) to mint the RAI stablecoin after which used the funds to purchase the USDC dip. Blockchain analytics agency Peckshield added that the handle additionally “swapped 17,500 RAI for 50,000 DAI.” Arkham Intelligence has confirmed that the pockets belonged to Vitalik Buterin.

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