2025-12-07 05:40:51

Here's something people miss: whether accounts are linked, or there are shadow positions sitting off-chain—none of that actually touches what happened with Celsius on a certain lending protocol.

Celsius went underwater. The protocol? Stayed solvent. Why? Forced collateralization. That's the whole point of how these DeFi systems are supposed to work. The protocol didn't eat Celsius's losses because the collateral was already there, locked up.

Linking accounts or tracking off-chain exposure might matter for other reasons, sure. But when it comes to protocol-level risk? The collateral mechanism already did its job. That's the firewall.

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StablecoinGuardian

· 2025-12-09 23:07

In the end, it still comes down to collateral. On-chain risk control is solid; if Celsius messes up on its own, who else is to blame?

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ForkPrince

· 2025-12-09 18:50

The collateral mechanism is the moat of DeFi; the Celsius incident is a textbook case in point.

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RiddleMaster

· 2025-12-07 06:09

Simply put, it was the collateral mechanism that saved everyone; Celsius brought about its own downfall and the protocol is not to blame.

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TheShibaWhisperer

· 2025-12-07 05:54

To put it simply, it's the collateral mechanism coming to the rescue. In the Celsius case, the protocol was doing just fine—this is what DeFi is supposed to be like.

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RamenDeFiSurvivor

· 2025-12-07 05:44

To put it plainly, the collateral firewall held up—Celsius blew itself up playing around, but the protocol itself was fine. That's just absurd.

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GasFeeCrying

· 2025-12-07 05:41

NGL, this perspective is quite niche. Most people are still hung up on superficial issues like account association.

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