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Treasury misallocation due to poor visibility and misjudged counterparty and liquidity risk
Failures of major crypto lenders and exchanges have inflicted multi‑billion‑dollar losses on clients, including corporate treasuries; individual projects often lose 20–100% of custodied funds in such events.Decisions to park treasury reserves with risky counterparties or in unstable tokens have repeatedly led to catastrophic losses, as highlighted by collapses of exchanges and stablecoins with inadequate liquidity and diversification. Industry analysis points out that firms relying on untransparent credit channels and holding most assets in native tokens face threshold risk and forced liquidations, indicating systemic decision errors in risk assessment and diversification.
Systemic theft and loss from compromised treasury wallets and DeFi exploits
$3.1B in crypto stolen in 2022 across the ecosystem (hundreds of millions per year attributable to project/DAO treasuries using DeFi and custodial services)Crypto treasuries and custody setups repeatedly suffer large, recurring losses when project or DAO treasury wallets, custodial accounts, or DeFi positions are hacked or exploited. In 2022 alone, hackers stole around $3.1B in crypto, with DeFi protocols accounting for 82.1% of victims, meaning many treasuries using these protocols lost significant funds that had to be written off or replaced from operating capital.
Locked and inaccessible treasury funds due to lost or hard-to-access keys
Industry-wide, lost or inaccessible keys are estimated in the tens of billions of dollars; for a typical project, 5–20% of treasury value can be functionally frozen during critical windows.Token treasuries and custody operations routinely lose effective access to part of their holdings because private keys are lost, poorly documented, or stored in ways that make timely retrieval difficult. Industry commentary notes a “significant diminishment of liquidity simply because private keys are lost or are difficult or time‑consuming to access,” directly reducing the usable capacity of the treasury.
Forced selling at a loss to meet fiat obligations in volatile markets
For typical token-treasury projects, drawdowns of 50–80% in token price during downturns can translate into millions in realized losses per year when liquidations are forced; industry-wide losses from forced downturn selling are in the billions.Crypto treasuries without sufficient stable reserves or banking access are frequently forced to liquidate volatile tokens at unfavorable prices to cover payroll and operating costs. Industry analysis notes that DAOs and web3 entities “having to sell at a loss due to market downturns and the immediate need for liquid assets” take a hard hit to their treasuries, illustrating a recurring time‑to‑cash drag that converts price volatility into realized losses.