Prevention of Potential Insolvency

Mutuum’s future roadmap includes several strategies designed to reduce the risk of insolvency and enable swift adaptation to market fluctuations. These measures largely focus on controlling exposure to high-volatility tokens, setting prudent collateral requirements, and maintaining a flexible in-house process for adjusting critical parameters as needed. One planned tactic involves a mode that confines riskier or experimental tokens to limited borrowing options, allowing users to access only stable and sufficiently liquid assets with a single form of high-risk collateral at a time. By compartmentalizing volatile tokens in this manner, the protocol aims to contain any severe market swings that could otherwise threaten its solvency.

Another intended safeguard addresses tokens whose price feeds could be easily manipulated. In these cases, the protocol may restrict such assets to a supply-only status, meaning they cannot be pledged as collateral. This approach protects Mutuum from scenarios where artificially inflated collateral leads to undercollateralized borrowing positions. Because Mutuum does not employ a DAO structure, any immediate changes to parameters—such as Loan-to-Value ratios or liquidation thresholds—would be managed by an internal team or appointed roles. This arrangement allows rapid responses to emergent threats, such as unexpected price anomalies or vulnerabilities.

An additional method involves imposing caps on the total amount of a given token that can be supplied or borrowed. These ceilings limit the protocol’s exposure to highly unstable or thinly traded assets and curb the potential for infinite minting exploits. In tandem, a variable liquidation mechanism would adjust the liquidation process depending on how close a position is to becoming dangerously undercollateralized. Positions that edge only slightly below the acceptable threshold might see partial liquidation, preserving some borrower assets while restoring health to the system. In more extreme cases, the protocol could authorize a full liquidation to preempt severe losses.

Monitoring oracle activity is another crucial element, particularly for Layer 2 networks or sidechains, which may suffer downtime or manipulation. If price data becomes unreliable, the protocol might temporarily disable borrowing of the affected asset until the issue can be investigated and addressed. By implementing these diverse yet complementary measures—ranging from limited collateral modes and supply-only classifications to internal risk management, caps on supply and borrowing, flexible liquidation rules, and vigilant oracle oversight—Mutuum intends to be well-prepared for adverse market conditions when it ultimately launches.