RedStone Atom seeks to rewire DeFi’s broken liquidation game

For years, DeFi lending protocols lost millions to MEV bots and sluggish oracle updates. RedStone Atom is keen to flip that switch by enabling real-time liquidations and recapturing value that once vanished into validator mempools. The result could translate to a leaner, fairer, and more efficient system.

According to a press release shared with crypto.news on July 29, RedStone, the blockchain oracle for emerging decentralized finance assets, has launched RedStone Atom, a first-of-its-kind oracle designed to eliminate liquidation delays by allowing instant on-chain price updates.

Unlike traditional oracles that push data at fixed intervals, RedStone Atom activates only when liquidations are imminent, letting protocols capture MEV that would otherwise leak to block builders and searchers. Already live on Unichain, the solution is set to expand to BNB Chain, Base, HyperEVM, and Berachain without requiring smart contract modifications.

RedStone Atom’s DeFi liquidation playbook

RedStone said its Atom solution can bridge the gap between price movement and protocol response. Instead of waiting for pre-scheduled price feeds or fixed deviation thresholds, it allows liquidators to trigger a real-time oracle update the moment a loan falls below its collateral threshold.

This shift means protocols are no longer held hostage by stale data or forced to adopt overly conservative risk parameters to avoid being front-run. The mechanism can also help lending protocols safely raise loan-to-value ratios, improve capital efficiency, and execute faster than competitors.

Additionally, RedStone claims its Atom solution can transform liquidation MEV, which has long been considered an unavoidable leak, into a controllable revenue stream for protocols. Per the statement, when a loan slips into unsafe territory, Atom triggers an on-demand price update and initiates an atomic MEV auction, all within 300 milliseconds.

With this mechanism, liquidators can bid for the right to execute the transaction, with the winning bid paid directly to the protocol rather than extracted by validators. This shifts the economics dramatically, allowing protocols to potentially reinvest captured MEV into sustainability initiatives, like boosting supplier APYs or subsidizing borrowing costs, while users benefit from more competitive rates and higher capital efficiency.

The broader implications are hard to overstate. By eliminating oracle lag, Atom could allow protocols to safely increase LTV ratios without compromising risk management, effectively unlocking billions in underutilized collateral. Meanwhile, the recaptured MEV, estimated at $500 million historically, introduces a novel revenue flywheel: the more liquidations a protocol processes, the more value it retains to reinvest in growth.