# Gauntlet Guardian - Increase Caps on BASE (2023-12-11)

**URL:** <https://forum.moonwell.fi/t/gauntlet-guardian-increase-caps-on-base-2023-12-11/700>\
**Category:** Proposals\
**Tags:** base\
**Created:** [December 11, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.moonwell.fi/t/gauntlet-guardian-increase-caps-on-base-2023-12-11/700 "2023-12-11T17:01:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gauntlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.moonwell.fi/gauntlet/32/780_2.png) [@Gauntlet](https://forum.moonwell.fi/u/Gauntlet)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.moonwell.fi/t/gauntlet-guardian-increase-caps-on-base-2023-12-11/700/1 "2023-12-11T17:01:46Z")

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## Simple Summary

Gauntlet will use Cap Guardian to increase Supply & Borrow Cap on BASE:

| | Current | Recommended |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wstETH Supply Cap | 500 | 800 |
| cbETH Supply Cap | 4000 | 6000 |
| rETH Supply Cap | 330 | 400 |
| WETH Borrow Cap | 6300 | 8000 |

Gauntlet will be utilizing the Cap Guardians to enact this change as voted by the community within this forum [post](https://forum.moonwell.fi/t/gauntlets-initial-recommendations-for-moonwell-on-base/536) and [proposal](https://gov.moonwell.fi/artemis/proposal/39).

## Supporting Data

#### Supply Cap Usage

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/moonwell/original/2X/e/e479fd5dacc550f2a1fb8b1989014688f2014e21.png)

The demand for liquid staking tokens (LSTs) on the Moonwell Base Market has been steadily increasing since mid-November, with supply reaching near-full capacity.

#### WETH Borrow Cap Usage

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/moonwell/original/2X/4/4693955ae7e6a8d8edb7115085344d0dc149f628.png)

Borrowing Demand for WETH has been increacing across the protocol since mid November. One of the factors driving this demand is the inflow of LSTs into the protocol to utlize the LPs for leverage LST yield strategy.

### Borrow Balance USD by User Type

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/moonwell/original/2X/3/3fc95756deed0b1ff128835a3367263919978789.png)

### On-chain Liquidity and Cap Usage

| Asset | Borrow Cap | Supply Cap | Borrow Cap Usage | Supply Cap Usage | DEX 25pct Slippage Token | DEX 25pct Slippage USD | Circulating Supply |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| rETH | 100 | 330 | 43.64% | 98.30% | 499 | $1,284,214.49 | 736 |
| cbETH | 1,000 | 4,000 | 66.42% | 84.85% | 684 | $1,696,178.50 | 19,793 |
| WSTETH | 160 | 500 | 32.45% | 94.22% | 597 | $1,613,625.47 | 2,671 |
| WETH | 6,300 | 10,500 | 75.03% | 61.75% | 2,802 | $6,587,649.10 | 31,120 |

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**Author:** ![Gauntlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.moonwell.fi/gauntlet/32/780_2.png) [@Gauntlet](https://forum.moonwell.fi/u/Gauntlet)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.moonwell.fi/t/gauntlet-guardian-increase-caps-on-base-2023-12-11/700/2 "2023-12-11T18:21:42Z")

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Gauntlet has implemented Guardian to increase Caps. Here are the transactions:

- wstETH Supply Cap [transaction](https://basescan.org/tx/0xb774da0fe8b6e793ebe0777afe537306d57bd9ae5c7b56ac2e35e5e53bf4aa7d#eventlog)
- cbETH Supply Cap [transaction](https://basescan.org/tx/0xaa4fab7b0fcbd4f85ec1cafda18e065f9d1406be98b58cb21973c50c6b5c02d7#eventlog)
- WETH Borrow Cap [transaction](https://basescan.org/tx/0xdba6d817e61aedbeb81dc299b0588e243dc1bb6f7d7486eecfa7733df5c37a74#eventlog)

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**Author:** ![Gauntlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.moonwell.fi/gauntlet/32/780_2.png) [@Gauntlet](https://forum.moonwell.fi/u/Gauntlet)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.moonwell.fi/t/gauntlet-guardian-increase-caps-on-base-2023-12-11/700/3 "2023-12-11T18:45:05Z")

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rETH Supply Cap [transaction](https://0x85287517fb2abbf61d02121f05489e103443a74f850abbcf970390c681fc6906)