Alameda Analysis liquidators incurred a complete lack of round $11.5 million over two weeks after taking on a single pockets of the bankrupt agency, Arkham Intelligence reported on Jan. 16.

Over $4 million of those losses may have been prevented if the liquidators had closed the agency’s place as an alternative of withdrawing collaterals, in accordance with the report.

Alameda liquidations

Two weeks earlier than liquidators took over Alameda pockets “0x997,” the deal with maintained a brief place of 9000 Ethereum (ETH) — price $10.8 million on the time — in opposition to a collateral of $20 million Circle USD (USDC) and $4 million DAI with a internet steadiness of $15.2 million, in accordance to Arkham.

As of Jan. 17, the pockets has suffered a string of losses that leaves its present steadiness at a brief place of $1.1 million ETH in opposition to $1.4 million USDC with a internet steadiness of $300,000.

How Alameda incurred the preventable loss

Arkham cited one other liquidation that occurred on Dec. 29, 2022, the place Alameda liquidators eliminated $7 million USDC and $4 million DAI from AAVE, sending them to a separate L2  Optimism (OP) account ‘0x7b7’.

The removing of collateral on AAVE positioned the Alameda positions “dangerously near liquidation.” Finally, it resulted in $11.4 million USDC being bought to liquidation bots on Optimism, whereas AAVE treasury obtained over $100,000 USDC in liquidation tax, in accordance with Arkham.

“The sample of eradicating extra collateral from energetic positions matches the profile of their traditional habits.”

The liquidators may have preserved round $15 million of the funds if that they had closed their place by promoting off collateral, Arkham reported. As a substitute, they selected to withdraw extra collateral from the pockets, leading to a preventable lack of $4 million.