IntroductionRecent market behavior has highlighted structural weaknesses in the stablecoin and broader DeFi ecosystem. The October 10 volatility event triggered rapid selling across assets, several stablecoins failed to maintain their peg, and contract exploits resulted in a loss of hundreds of millions. Off-chain fund managers took directional risk instead of running market neutral strategies, which resulted in a loss of collateral. Money market lenders were affected by collateral that had b...