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MakerDAO Votes to Halt Lending to Tokenized Credit Pool After $2M Loan Default

MakerDAO Votes to Halt Lending to Tokenized Credit Pool After $2M Loan Default

CoindeskCoindesk2023/07/20 23:32
By:Krisztian Sandor

The embattled Harbor Trade credit pool minted $1.5 million of DAI stablecoin secured with loans to a consumer electronics firm, which defaulted on $2.1 million of debt.

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen (CoinDesk TV)

stablecoin issuer MakerDAO’s community has decided to halt lending to a tokenized credit pool on the Centrifuge protocol after accruing $2.1 million of loan defaults.

In a governance that concluded Thursday at 12 p.m. (ET), voters unanimously favored stopping additional lending to the , managed by fintech firm Harbor Trade. Maker is led by a decentralized autonomous organization (), where those who hold tokens can participate in governance decisions.

“While Harbor Trade has verbally committed to cease additional draws and voluntarily wind down the vault, community members have expressed concern about the existing 7 million debt ceiling and the risk of potentially increasing exposure to this vault,” a said.

Maker’s $4.6 billion stablecoin DAI is backed by debt positions overcollateralized by cryptocurrencies, and increasingly, tokenized versions of loans and bonds, to earn a yield.

The Harbor Trade credit pool some $1.5 million of DAI stablecoins from MakerDAO and secured them with loans made to a consumer electronics firm. The borrower firm failed to pay down $2.1 million of debt matured in April.

Harbor Trade is “actively engaged in the workout process” and forecasts “a meaningful or full recovery,” according to , but the could take six months or more.

Edited by James Rubin.

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