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TYPE III STABLECOINS

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Type III stablecoins replace human oversight with immutable smart contracts. Unlike traditional models, which either depend on a centralized team (Type I) or decentralized committees (Type II) to allocate capital, Type III protocols, like Cap, use shared security and market-driven dynamics to match operator strategies weighted by restaker votes. This model lowers switching latency when market conditions change and ensures yield generation and risk management are aligned with user interests.