1.84m of MakerDAO’s DAI collateral at risk of default in Centrifuge credit pool

MakerDAO’s reported exposure came from its use of Centrifuge’s tokenized credit pools as part of its real-world-asset strategy: MakerDAO supplied DAI into a Centrifuge loan pool backed by loans to off-chain borrowers, and a reported default threatened about $1.84 million of that capital. Centrifuge’s Tinlake-style structure uses tokenized tranches to separate risk and return, but if underlying borrowers fail to repay, senior or junior investors can still absorb losses depending on the pool design. The story matters because it shows that DeFi protocols that seek yield through real-world assets are taking on traditional credit risk, not just smart-contract or crypto-market risk. MakerDAO has been one of the largest and most visible allocators into RWA lending, so even a relatively small dollar loss can affect governance discussions about whether to continue funding tokenized credit pools and how much concentration risk the protocol should tolerate.

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