Lista DAO Executes $3.5M Flash Loan Liquidation Amid Liquidity Crisis
Lista DAO deployed emergency measures to liquidate a $3.5M flash loan after its USDX lending vault neared collapse due to severe liquidity strain. The decision was ratified through a rapid one-hour community vote, underscoring the protocol's decentralized crisis response.
Utilization rates across interconnected vaults spiked to 99%, exposing fragility in DeFi lending markets under heavy borrowing pressure. Re7 Labs, overseeing the vault, facilitated the liquidation to mitigate systemic risk.
While $3.5M was recovered with penalty fees, residual debt of $2.09M was shifted to a public liquidation pool. The event highlights how quickly algorithmic stablecoin mechanisms can destabilize when collateral buffers evaporate.