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What to know:
- A dormant Cardano wallet executed a trade that resulted in a $6 million loss due to extreme slippage.
- The wallet swapped 14.4 million ADA for 847,695 USDA, causing the stablecoin’s price to spike temporarily.
- The incident highlights the risks of trading large amounts in illiquid markets without slippage checks.
A certain dormant Cardano wallet, long absent from the on-chain dance since September 2020, recently reawakened with a most dramatic entrance-vaporizing $6 million in a single swap, as if to announce its return with a flourish of financial folly. One might say it was a most regrettable error of judgment, though the execution was, alas, exceedingly precise.
The holder, whose address had languished in digital obscurity, chose Sunday to reappear and swap 14.4 million ADA (a tidy sum of $6.9 million) for a mere 847,695 USDA, a stablecoin so obscure it might have been mistaken for a cousin of the more celebrated Tether. The on-chain investigator ZachXBT, ever the vigilant host at this crypto ball, first flagged the affair in their Telegram salon.
The user, in their haste, paid over $8 per USDA-a price so absurd it would make Mr. Darcy blush! USDA, which ought to be pegged near $1, found itself briefly inflated to $1.26, much to the dismay of liquidity providers who presumably sighed and muttered, “This is not a game of cards, I assure you.”
The transaction’s aftermath left USDA teetering like a lady in a gusty breeze-briefly above peg, then retreating to $1.04 as the market regained its composure. One cannot help but wonder: was it a misclick? A case of mistaken ticker identity? Or perhaps the user, enamored by USDA’s name, assumed it to be the only stablecoin in town? A plausible theory, for in the Cardano realm, USD-denominated tokens abound, each with a ticker as distinct as a hat at a ball.
This affair serves as a masterclass in liquidity’s fickle nature. To trade large sums in pools thinner than a vicar’s purse is to invite disaster, as any prudent investor knows. Yet here we find our whale, a creature of size and ambition, outwitted by a stablecoin’s meager liquidity. A lesson, perhaps, in humility-or at least in double-checking one’s tickers.
In past cycles, traders have lost fortunes to similar follies: wrong tickers, barren pools, or market orders as aggressive as a gentleman in a duel. On Cardano, this tale spreads not for the stablecoin’s merits, but for the wallet’s five-year slumber-only to rise and burn millions in a single mispriced swap. A stark reminder, dear reader, that even dormant capital may yet meet liquidity’s sly traps. And thus, we are left to ponder: Was it the whale’s error, or the market’s cruel jest? 🤔
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2025-11-17 10:07