Governance Alignment
DraftStatus: Draft Version: 0.1.0 Last Updated: 2026-05-16 Owner: Axodus DeFi / Governance
Purpose
Material DeFi actions must be governance-aligned because protocol choices, strategies, parameters, incentives, and emergency controls can affect users, Treasury, Tokenomics, and ecosystem trust.
Governance-Sensitive Items
Sensitive items include protocol whitelisting, chain or bridge approval, strategy approval, fees, risk limits, reward rates, allocation rules, withdrawal rules, DaaS launches, staking products, vaults, ETF DaaS baskets, liquidity incentives, token utility, emergency pause, protocol deprecation, and treasury exposure.
Routing Levels
| Level | Examples |
|---|---|
| No Governance | Educational content without claims, internal research note |
| Governance Visibility | Low-risk strategy research, protocol watchlist update |
| Governance Review | Protocol integration review, user-facing product policy, reward or access policy |
| Formal Proposal | Treasury allocation, vault launch, ETF DaaS basket, incentive program, material parameter change |
| Emergency Review | Exploit, protocol failure, oracle failure, major treasury loss |
Reason Codes
Use reason codes such as DEFI_GOVERNANCE_REVIEW_REQUIRED, PROTOCOL_WHITELIST_REQUIRED, STRATEGY_APPROVAL_REQUIRED, TREASURY_EXPOSURE_REVIEW_REQUIRED, TOKENOMICS_INCENTIVE_REVIEW_REQUIRED, SECURITY_REVIEW_REQUIRED, and EMERGENCY_DEFI_ACTION.
Risk Considerations
Governance does not remove protocol, market, contract, or legal risk. Governance decisions must respect security, treasury, compliance, and user protection constraints.