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Loan reimbursements in the chain using stablcoins can often serve as an early warning indicator of liquidity changes and volatility peaks in the price of ethereum (eth), according to a recent Amberdata report.
The report highlighted how loan behaviors within the defi ecosystems, particularly the reimbursement frequency, can serve as early indicators of the emerging market stress.
The study examined the connection between ethereum price movements and the establishment -based loan activity involving USDC, USDT and DAI. The analysis revealed a constant relationship between the greatest refund activity and the increase in fluctuations in eth prices.
Volatility framework
The report used the Garman-Klass estimator (GK). This statistical model represents the complete intra -intra -rank, including open, high, low and close prices, instead of depending solely on closing prices.
According to the report, this method allows a more accurate measurement of price changes, particularly during high -activity periods in the market.
Amberdata applied the GK estimator to eth price data in negotiation pairs with USDC, USDT and DAI. The resulting volatility values were correlated with defi loan metrics to assess how transactional behaviors influence market trends.
In the three Stablecoin ecosystems, the number of loan refunds showed the strongest positive and more consistent positive correlation with ethereum's volatility. For the USDC, the correlation was 0.437; for USDT, 0.491; and DAI, 0.492.
These results suggest that frequent reimbursement activity tends to coincide with the uncertainty or market stress, during which merchants and institutions adjust their positions to handle the risk.
A growing number of payments may reflect increases of increased increase, such as the closure of leveraged positions or reassign capital in response to price movements. Amberdata considers this as evidence that the reimbursement activity can be an early indicator of changes in liquidity conditions and the next volatility peaks of the ethereum market.
In addition to the reimbursement frequency, abstinence related metrics showed moderate correlations with eth volatility. For example, the amounts of retirement and the frequency ratio in the USDC ecosystem exhibited correlations of 0.361 and 0.357, respectively.
These numbers suggest that the fund exits of loan platforms, regardless of size, may indicate defensive positioning by market participants, reducing liquidity and amplifying price sensitivity.
The effects of behavior and volume of loan transactions
The report also examined other loan metrics, including the amounts provided and reimbursement volumes. In the USDT ecosystem, the amounts called dollars for payments and lenders are correlated with the Volatility eth in 0.344 and 0.262, respectively.
While it is less pronounced than counting reimbursement signals, these metrics still contribute to the broader image of how transactional intensity can reflect the feeling of the market.
Dai showed a similar pattern on a smaller scale. The frequency of loan settlements remained a strong signal, while the smallest average transaction sizes of the ecosystem silenced the correlation resistance of the metrics based on the volume.
In particular, the metrics such as the withdrawals called dollars in DAI showed a very low correlation (0.047), which reinforces the importance of the frequency of transaction on the size of the transaction in the identification of volatility signals in this context.
Multicolinerality in loan metrics
The report also highlighted the problem of multicolinerality, which is a high intercorrelation between independent variables within each set of stable loan data.
For example, in the USDC ecosystem, the number of payments and withdrawals showed a correlation by pairs of 0.837, indicating that these metrics can capture a similar user behavior and could introduce redundancy into predictive models.
However, the analysis concludes that the refund activity is a robust market stress indicator, which offers a data -based lens through which defi metrics can interpret and anticipate the prices conditions in ethereum markets.
