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Vitalik Buterin warns that the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem is overly reliant on centralized stablecoins like USDC, creating a “single point of failure” risk. Vitalik criticizes “USDC yield” products for chasing returns without offering true decentralized risk management capabilities. Vitalik advocates for alternative models such as ETH backed stablecoins or highly collateralized, risk-diversifying real-world asset stablecoins. He cites AAVE as an example, where billions of USDC dominate lending operations, to illustrate the current issue. Vitalik's message is that DeFi needs to reduce its reliance on centralized institutions and build a more autonomous and sustainable system in the long term.

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