Moonwell

Author(s): Darren Mims Created: June 24th 2025
Governance Type: Protocol Parameter Change

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Summary

This proposal transfers the Borrow & Supply Cap Guardian role for all Moonwell deployments from Gauntlet to Anthias Labs. Anthias brings real‑time risk analytics tooling and 24/7 monitoring that will allow caps to respond faster to on‑chain conditions while remaining conservative during abnormal market events. No other protocol parameters are modified.

Motivation

• Operational agility: Anthias’ automated dashboards surface utilization spikes within minutes, enabling proactive cap adjustments rather than reactive changes hours later.
• Fresh incentives: Anthias is compensated on a fixed retainer rather than AUM, reducing conflicts of interest.
• Expanded market coverage: Anthias already tracks Base, Moonbeam and Ethereum L2 assets, giving Moonwell unified analytics across deployments.
• Community alignment: Anthias has participated in multiple Moonwell governance calls and committed to publishing transparent monthly reports.

Background

Moonwell’s Comptroller contract implements several guardian roles that can pause actions or edit risk limits. The Borrow & Supply Cap Guardian can update per‑asset borrow and supply caps through methods like _setMarketBorrowCaps(...). Having a responsive and independent guardian is critical to avoid runaway debt growth that could impair solvency.

Specification

Item	Value
Networks	Base, OP Mainnet, Moonbeam, and Moonriver
Contracts	Comptroller.sol on each network
Function	_setBorrowCapGuardian(address newGuardian)
Current guardian	0xGauntletMultisig
New guardian	0xAnthiasMultisig (2‑of‑3 multisig)
Execution	Queued & executed through the Timelock (Governor Bravo)

Security & Risk Considerations

• Guardian key management: Anthias multisig requires 2/3 hardware‑wallet signers.
• Process transparency: All cap changes will be announced ≥24h in advance on the forum & X.
• Fail‑safe: The Pause Guardian (Moonwell Foundation) remains unchanged and can pause markets if rogue caps are set.
• No smart‑contract upgrades: This is a single variable update; code hash untouched.

References

• Moonwell Docs – Guardian Roles
• Anthias Labs risk methodology

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