Author(s): Sperax Team
Reference: N/A
Created: 8/22/22
Labels: #USDs Parameter, #Other
While accepting various forms of collateral for minting USDs makes minting more accessible, it also has the potential to open USDs up to unforeseen risks. This proposal seeks to minimize these marginal risks to further bolster the resilience of USDs by having the ability to swap collateral in the VaultCore or in strategies which have depegged by more than 2% to the downside and not accept collateral for minting USDs which have depegged by more than 2% to the downside.
This proposal seeks to allow the foundation multi-sig to swap collateral from the VaultCore and/or from strategies that have degepped by 2% or more to the downside. The foundation multi-sig will only have the authorization to swap the depegged collateral for another whitelisted collateral. This SIP also proposes a smart contract mechanism that will not accept collateral for minting USDs are depegged by 2+% to the downside.
In the unlikely event that collateral accepted by the protocol should depeg, there is rapid action that needs to take place. USDs is 100% collateralized, this is an important feature that helps maintain the $1 peg. Although the currently accepted collaterals are non-volatile, it is not impervious to potential changes in value. Should a portion of the collateral backing USDs depeg, it will alter the collateralization ratio and create uncertainty. Should the stablecoin collateral depeg, a security mechanism can be installed to protect the protocol and its users. By allowing the Foundation multi-sig to swap collateral which has depegged by more than 2% to the downside, risks of a depeg by collateral can be minimized and further damage can be mitigated. This also keeps toxic assets from entering the VaultCore.
Passing this proposal ensures that if this rare event occurs the Foundation will be able to act and according to the very narrow permission, mitigating any potential loss.
Allowing the Foundation multi-sig to swap out assets which has depegged more than 2% to the downside and build a smart contract mechanism to not accept collateral which has depegged by 2% or more to the downside will protect USDs collateral and peg.
Pause minting USDs if the collateral being used to mint has depegged by 2% or more to the downside.
Ability for the team to swap collateral in the circumstance that any of the collateral has depegged by more than 2% to the downside, swap only to approved collaterals.