Why depegs hit LPs so hard
When a stable depegs, liquidity providers are the buyers of last resort: the pool mechanically absorbs the failing asset as everyone else sells it. A tight range makes this worse — the position converts entirely into the depegging asset almost immediately. And the “yield” printed during a depeg is compensation for exactly that risk, which is why chasing it is a trap.How Dionysus treats stables
- Each stable is judged against its own anchor. A euro stable is measured against the euro, not blindly against $1. Deviation is measured from what the asset should be worth.
- Depeg response is asymmetric and safety-first. The system watches peg deviation, and its posture during stress is to stop treating the pool as safe — halting normal compounding into a deteriorating pair rather than harvesting a doomed premium. The specific thresholds and responses are closed source.
- Stables pass the same universe screen as everything else. Depth, feed quality, and issuer credibility gate admission; being called “stable” earns nothing.