On August 28, crypto KOL laurence and others said that Maker's (now Sky) new stablecoin USDS has a function that allows its issuer to freeze tokens. Maker has also been questioned about centralization. In response, Maker co-founder Rune Christensen clarified that there will be no freezing function when the new protocol is released, only an upgrade function, "so later governance can decide how to implement similar freezing functions based on considering all data and find ways to prevent risk factors as much as possible."