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[GIP-33] Update WBTC oracle

0x6D52…A2d7·ended 3y ago·Discussion ↗
Voters
495
GEAR voted
235.27M
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235.27M / 200.00M GEAR(118%)
✓ Quorum met
Approve234.97M (99.9%)
Reject300.00K (0.1%)
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Summary

Gearbox is currently using the Chainlink’s BTC/USD price oracle as a price reference to WBTC.

It is proposed for Gearbox to implement a new oracle that would compose the Chainlink feeds for WBTC/BTC and BTC/USD into WBTC/USD price feed.

Motivation

Gearbox is currently using BTC/USD price feed for WBTC because the WBTC/BTC price feed is less precise (being updated every 2%).

However, recent crunch in WBTC liquidity, coupled with crypto twitter FUD, give rise to concerns about temporary or permanent depegging of WBTC/BTC price. Even a temporary depegging, given it is bigger th…

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