{"id":6307,"date":"2022-08-11T02:57:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T02:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fatburningcoffeetrick.com\/?p=6307"},"modified":"2022-08-11T02:57:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T02:57:50","slug":"makerdao-plans-against-sanctions-from-usdc-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=6307","title":{"rendered":"MakerDAO plans against sanctions from USDC exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Following Circle\u2019s freeze of blacklisted Tornado Cash addresses, MakerDAO is re-assessing the risks associated with its USDC collateral.<\/p>\n<p>On August 8, issuers of USDC stablecoin Circle froze USDC tokens belonging to 38 wallet addresses blacklisted by the U.S. Treasury Department. One of the wallets was identified as a DAI Tornado pool. As a result, there have been concerns from the MakerDAO community about their exposure to USDC and the risk of being hunted by regulators.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear @MakerDAO $DAI community\u2026 you should start unwinding your USDC collateral immediately, converting it into stables that are more censorship resistant.<\/p>\n<p>You have some time to do it, but you need to get started.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erik Voorhees (@ErikVoorhees) August 8, 2022<\/p>\n<p>In response, the community has been actively engaged in deep discussions via the Discord channel on the way forward.<\/p>\n<h2>DAI\u2019s exposure to USDC and sanction risk<\/h2>\n<p>DAI\u2019s market capitalization of $7.5 billion makes it the largest DeFi protocol by total value locked.\u00a0 It is currently collateralized by \u00a033.9% USDC, 23.2% ETH, and 7.6% WBTC, among other assets. With $3.56 billion USDC locked in the Maker protocol, USDC represents the largest source of collateral.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sustainability of DAI is under question as it is heavily backed by collateral that regulators can censor. MakerDAO delegate Chris Blec believes it could lead to a sanction on DAI<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood luck not getting sanctioned when DAI is already sitting in sanctioned smart contracts that can\u2019t be paused,\u201d Blec added.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue brewing in the community concerns Maker\u2019s Peg Stability Module (PSM). The PSM allows users to swap a given collateral type directly for DAI at a fixed rate. At the moment, Maker\u2019s USDC PSM contract holds 3.56 billion USDC.<\/p>\n<p>Since some DAI users interacted with Tornado Cash through the USDC PSM, the contract could be implicated in the case of a probe. If a sanction has to blacklist the PSM, the DeFi market as a whole could be at risk of contagion.<\/p>\n<h2>An emergency Shutdown is likely<\/h2>\n<p>According to MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen, while the protocol may not resist sanctions in the short run, it will take immediate actions to prepare against potential attacks. Rune said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best option is to count on not getting sanctioned now, and then work on the fundamentals we need to have in place to be able to actually resist a real physical attack. 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On August 8, issuers of USDC stablecoin Circle froze USDC tokens belonging to 38 wallet addresses blacklisted by the U.S. Treasury Department. One of the wallets was identified as a DAI Tornado pool. 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