High Utilization Rate and Volume for $wstETH $ETH Pool on Balancer

By Balancer
Mar 11, 2024, 5:03 PM
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The $wstETH $ETH pool on Balancer has facilitated over $1.​5 billion LST volume in 90 days with only $24m TVL.​ It reached a utilization rate of over 1000% on February 14th, regularly generating more 24-hour volume than the liquidity in the pool.​

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