How Can Decentralized Governance Mitigate the Risk of a Death Spiral?
Decentralized governance can mitigate risk by proactively adjusting critical protocol parameters, such as stability fees, collateralization ratios, and liquidation penalties, in response to market stress. By having a broad base of token holders, the protocol can theoretically make faster, more resilient decisions than a centralized entity.
However, slow or apathetic governance can exacerbate the crisis.