2026-01-13 13:25:24

Italy's central bank recently ran stress tests on Ethereum's infrastructure, modeling potential consequences if ETH's price collapsed to zero. The research explores a critical nexus: how market volatility in the asset itself could cascade into systemic risks affecting settlement networks and financial stability. This isn't just academic curiosity—it reflects growing institutional attention to how Layer 1 cryptocurrencies now underpin settlement mechanisms, making their market dynamics a potential financial stability concern.

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MEVHunterLucky

· 23h ago

Damn, scaring people again. What if ETH goes to zero? Anyway, I'm already bankrupt haha.

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GasWhisperer

· 23h ago

eth at zero? lmao they're stress testing the doomsday scenario when they should be optimizing for actual settlement efficiency. the real systemic risk is poor fee architecture, not price collapse—watched the mempool patterns during the last volatility spike and the network handled it fine. institutions always missing the actual bottlenecks.

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LeverageAddict

· 23h ago

I knew it, the central bank has started stress testing. What does this mean? It shows that they really take Ethereum seriously.

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LiquidationOracle

· 01-13 13:47

Damn, this is the institutions setting us up. After the stress test, the next step is the regulatory crackdown.

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DefiPlaybook

· 01-13 13:45

Oh no, the Italian Central Bank's stress test really made me laugh. Are they really trying to push ETH to zero with this model? Wake up, everyone. This is as absurd as asking "What if Bitcoin turned into a radish." But on the other hand, they are taking the systemic risks of the settlement layer seriously. This logical chain is actually quite interesting—if Layer 1 collapses, it can indeed trigger a chain reaction, just like impermanent loss. It may seem insignificant, but it can swallow the entire liquidity pool. In our industry, when the central bank starts studying our technical architecture, what does that mean? It indicates that either the next round will truly be institutionalized, or they are paving the way for future regulation.

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CounterIndicator

· 01-13 13:42

Will ETH drop to zero? That's hilarious. The central bank's stress test is just looking for trouble.

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MultiSigFailMaster