Centrifuge is building the onchain infrastructure for institutional credit. To populate this ecosystem, our community needs to onboard the best possible assets.

So, how does the Centrifuge DAO choose which assets are onboard Centrifuge? This decision is made by the community with the help of the Centrifuge Credit Group: a team of experienced credit experts who help onboard the best real-world assets to Centrifuge.

These experts provide unbiased and objective reviews of Centrifuge pool onboarding proposals, ensuring the community and partners receive comprehensive assessments. Furthermore, the Credit Group addresses any inquiries related to pool setup, asset evaluation, and risk analysis for both new and existing pools.Why is the Credit Group important?

The Centrifuge Credit Group plays a vital role in shaping the future of decentralized finance. As Centrifuge scales, the bespoke nature of many credit opportunities requires industry and asset expertise and experience from credit professionals. In turn, this means only high quality assets will be onboarded to Centrifuge.

Given their varied experience, the Credit Group can provide analysis on a wide variety of credit assets, across many industries, with varying degrees of complexity and structure.

With Mark Hergenroeder as facilitator, the Credit Group is currently composed of 9 members. These members have created a framework for risk reports as well as criteria for Pool Onboarding Proposals (POPs). Later in this post, we’ll introduce each member and their background!