Aave V3's Risk Stewards, acting on LlamaRisk recommendations, are implementing two cap increases: the USDm borrow cap on the MegaETH instance rises from 450 million to 600 million, and the cbBTC supply cap on Aave V3 Core increases from 16,500 to 22,000 units. The USDm change is driven by 86.6% borrow cap utilization concentrated in stablecoin loop positions using USDe collateral, with the top 20 borrowers holding health factors between 1.01 and 1.06, indicating thin liquidation buffers.
For Armada's crypto-repo desk, the cbBTC supply cap expansion signals that on-chain institutional demand for wrapped BTC collateral continues to grow and that Aave's risk framework is accommodating it. The near-critical health factors on USDm loop positions are a caution flag for any Armada counterparty running similar levered stablecoin strategies, as liquidation cascades in those positions could create correlated stress across DeFi collateral markets.