The more I study TermMax the more I think liquidation design deserves way more attention than it gets
In a real market crash the problem isn’t just that collateral falls in value The bigger issue is liquidity If everyone is trying to sell at once a DEX can become too thin to absorb the collateral without pushing the price down further That’s how a liquidation can turn into bad debt
TermMax’s 2 hour observation window is interesting because it gives the system some breathing room before acting in extreme conditions
But the bigger idea for me is Physical Delivery Instead of pretending there’s always a buyer the underlying collateral can be transferred directly to lenders when selling it isn’t practical TermMax is basically treating physical delivery as a fallback when market liquidity can’t do the job properly
That could make sense for low liquidity assets and RWAs although custody settlement legal structure and lender preferences still matter
I see the mechanism as a potential solvency backstop not a magic solution
Could physical delivery become a more practical liquidation model as DeFi starts using harder to liquidate real world collateral