USDC and stablecoins are distributed across multiple chains and ecosystems. This fragmentation prevents users from efficiently accessing liquidity where they need it, forcing manual bridging between chains and significantly reducing overall capital efficiency.
Traditional lending protocols force users to choose between earning yield or using assets as collateral. Once deposited, collateral stops generating returns and sits idle. Users sacrifice yield just to access credit, making borrowing an expensive opportunity cost.
Most lending protocols are confined to a single chain. Even when users have assets on one network, they cannot borrow liquidity on another chain against the same collateral, forcing unnecessary bridging, asset duplication, or full position unwinding.
Yield-bearing tokens like USYC offer institutional-grade returns backed by US Treasuries, yet they largely remain passive holdings on-chain. Without integrated lending and cross-chain borrowing capabilities, their potential as productive DeFi collateral remains unrealized.
Current DeFi lending requires users to navigate multiple protocols, manage wallets across chains, and execute multiple transactions just to borrow against their assets. This complexity creates friction and limits adoption for mainstream users seeking simple access to credit.
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