Moonwell bad debt recovery plebiscite draws user controversy

Some users allege that the debt recovery proposal uses their assets for repayment without their consent.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing and lending protocol Moonwell wants to use its $2.3 million worth of digital asset collateral to offset bad debt from its Frax Finance (FRAX) pools from a hack almost two years prior, but not all users are happy.

In a plebiscite dated Dec. 31, 2023, titled “Options for Enhancing Liquidity in the FRAX Market on Moonbeam [on which Moonwell is built],” 25 million votes, denominated in the protocol’s WELL token, were in favor of using a combination of Nomad collateral and protocol reserves to address its Frax bad debt. Moonwell’s protocol reserves currently amount to $466,000, which is insufficient to cover the balance of its Frax liabilities alone.

The plebiscite was over 98% in favor and passed its 10 million WELL quorum threshold. That said, only 57 individuals or entities voted. Developers wrote:

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/moonwell-bad-debt-recovery-plebiscite-draws-user-controversy