Jane Street wallet may have been linked to UST depeg, Wintermute researcher says
Quick Take
- Wintermute’s head of research tracked a loan Jane Street received to a Coinbase wallet which interacted with the UST de-pegger.
- Jane Street did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Block.
The wallet associated with last year's TerraUSD (UST) depeg might belong to trading firm Jane Street, Wintermute Head of Research Igor Igamberdiev said in Twitter thread on Tuesday.
Based on transaction analysis, Igamberdiev said there is a "good chance" the wallet is related to Jane Street. Clearpool announced on May 3 of last year that Jane Street borrowed 25 million USDC from BlockTower using its permissioned lending pool — based on this, he identified three addresses belonging to the trading firm; one was of particular interest, dubbed Wallet A.
The same wallet borrowed $25 million again two weeks later before depositing it into a Coinbase wallet. The wallet in question received 84.5 million USDC from the UST de-pegger, Igamberdiev noted, before adding, the wallet didn't have any other interactions other than these deposits, meaning its "highly likely to belong to the same entity."
Jane Street did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment. A person who answered a call placed to the firm's UK office said they would pass on our message.
Igamberdiev noted the wallet held UST on Anchor for a month, adding that "it wouldn't necessarily mean that Jane Street had malicious intent."
The TerraUSD stablecoin, often known by its ticker UST, collapsed in May 2022, wiping out tens of billions of dollars for investors.
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