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Previously, I had encountered the "double empty pit" in a certain BTC ecosystem, which still makes me wary of "static computing power staking" and "air NFT rights" — in traditional computing power pools, apart from the fixed meager profits, I can't even touch the core ecological rights; I once followed the trend to buy so-called "rights-providing" NFTs, only to discover that the so-called "priority staking rights" and "profit-sharing bonuses" were all false labels, with no on-chain verification, and the NFTs ended up being worthless in my hands. It wasn't until I explored the "computing power staking driving NFT rights evolution" gameplay in Hemi that I truly grasped the "right monetization logic" of the Web3 ecosystem: it's not about separating computing power staking and NFTs, but rather binding the two into a "computing power - rights closed loop" using hVM contracts, providing real verification for NFT rights through PoP computing power, and dynamically optimizing rights rules through DAO voting. This gameplay not only ensures stable profits but also guarantees the validity of NFT rights with Bitcoin mainnet computing power backing, which is completely different from the traditional ecosystem's fragmented state of "staking without rights, NFTs without value."

Previously, I encountered dual pitfalls in a certain public blockchain ecosystem, which still makes me wary of 'isolated DAO governance' and 'naked power derivatives' — in traditional DAOs, I invested a significant amount of assets to participate in governance, and after the voting ended, aside from the illusory 'ecological contribution', I didn't receive a single actual benefit; when I turned to play with power derivatives, I lost a considerable amount of principal due to the absence of power anchoring for the targets during market fluctuations. It wasn't until I explored the 'power derivatives + DAO governance linkage' gameplay in Hemi that I fully grasped the profit logic of the Web3 ecosystem: it's not about separating governance and derivatives into two different matters, but rather binding them into a 'profit - safety closed loop' using hVM contracts, asserting rights to derivative targets with PoP power, and unlocking 'governance - derivative dual rights' with Fusaka NFTs. Now, this set of gameplay not only guarantees profits but also allows extreme risks to be covered by the ecological mechanism, which is completely different from the traditional ecosystem's fractured state of 'governance without profit, high-risk derivatives'.

Last year, I experienced a painful lesson in BTC cross-chain arbitrage across multiple chains. I still feel heartbroken thinking about it — at that time, I was transferring 12 BTC between the Sol chain and the ETH chain. Due to the unsynchronized Bitcoin hash rate data between the two chains, by the time I completed the cross-chain transaction, the arbitrage window had already closed, and I lost 0.11 BTC in profit due to a 0.9% slippage. It wasn't until I explored the “PoP hash rate anchored cross-chain arbitrage” approach on Hemi that I realized true cross-chain arbitrage isn't about betting on the market or seizing windows; it’s about locking in the “hash rate synchronization arbitrage threshold” using hVM contracts and unlocking “cross-chain hash rate priority confirmation rights” with Fusaka NFTs. Now, I have a cross-chain hash rate arbitrage pool built with 50 BTC, earning a steady profit of 1.5 BTC each month. Let alone slippage, even missing the arbitrage window caused by cross-chain congestion can be compensated by PoP backup nodes. This is completely different from traditional cross-chain arbitrage, which relies on speed and timing.

Last year, the pit of RWA staking in a certain BTC ecosystem made me completely wary of "off-chain assets without computational power endorsement" — at that time, I staked 10 BTC for off-chain mining credit, but the project defaulted due to insufficient computational power, and the project party had no hedging mechanism, resulting in only recovering 6.8 BTC. It wasn't until Hemi set up the "45 BTC computational power - RWA dual-track hedging pool" that I grasped the safe profit logic of BTC financialization: it's not about earning returns from a single RWA or computational power pool, but rather binding the two into a "risk hedging body" using hVM contracts, and locking in a safety cushion through Fusaka NFT's "equity penetration". Now, I earn a steady profit of 1.4 BTC every month. Don't mention RWA defaults or computational power fluctuations; even off-chain data fraud can be exposed through PoP computational power, which is completely different from traditional RWA "naked staking" and computational power pool "single yield".

As a long-time player in DeFi lending who assesses 'health' regularly, I previously used 3 ETH to collateralize for USDC, and the LLTV could only reach 60%, while I had to constantly watch the ETH price to avoid liquidation — until I tried 'RWA + crypto asset mixed collateral' on Morpho, using an industrial real estate NFT worth 50,000 USDC (Steakhouse co-ownership) + 2 ETH, which not only increased the LLTV to 75%, allowing me to borrow 100,000 USDC, but also maintained a health score above 1.2 even when ETH plummeted by 12%. At that moment, I realized that Morpho's mixed collateral was not simply 'stacking collateral', but rather a system that thoroughly integrates 'cross-asset risk hedging, dynamic LLTV calculation, and equity binding'. Many people only know that Morpho offers flexible lending, but they haven't understood the 'security dividend' it provides for multi-asset users. Today, I will share my practical experience to break down how it transforms lending from 'single-asset gaming' into 'cross-asset risk resistance'.

Last year's operation in a SOL DeFi ecosystem made me completely lose confidence in 'static staking without power anchoring' — at that time, I invested wrapped tokens equivalent to 12 BTC into a yield aggregator, and I always missed the high power block windows similar to PoP when manually reinvesting each month (the platform has no power anchoring and can only bet on block yields). After three months of delayed reinvestment, I earned 0.36 BTC less; worse still, during a BTC flash crash of 11%, without any power backing, a leveraged position of 0.8 BTC was directly liquidated. In the end, the returns were not even better than simply holding coins. It wasn't until this year when I set up a '42 BTC dynamic reinvestment pool' at Hemi that I understood the core logic of DeFi's 'high yield + low risk': it's not about manually monitoring for yields, but rather binding 'dynamic reinvestment' and 'PoP power derivatives hedging' together using hVM contracts; it's not about single NFT rights, but about leveraging multi-level NFT to amplify returns; now I consistently earn 1.3 BTC every month. Not to mention yield gaps, even the volatility losses during extreme market conditions have been compensated by power derivatives. This is completely not on the same dimension as traditional DeFi's 'static yield + naked risk.'

As an experienced player who has fallen into the "impermanent loss" trap in multi-chain LPs, I previously provided ETH-USDC LP on both Ethereum and Base. After three months, the impermanent loss alone consumed 5% of my profits, and I had to manually monitor the TVL of both chains to adjust my positions—until I activated Morpho's "liquidity rebalancing" feature, which reduced impermanent loss to 1.2%, and the annualized return surged from 6.8% to 9.1%. It was then that I realized that Morpho's liquidity rebalancing is not just a simple "automatic adjustment," but a comprehensive "risk-return optimization system" that effectively manages "cross-chain asset allocation and impermanent loss compensation rewards." Many people only know that Morpho's LP yields are high, but they do not understand the "risk mitigation dividends" it provides for cross-chain LP users. Today, I will use my practical experience to explain how it enables multi-chain LPs to transition from "passively enduring losses" to "actively hedging risks."

Last year, the pitfalls I encountered in the ETH DeFi ecosystem made me completely disillusioned with 'single-protocol staking'—at that time, I invested wrapped tokens equivalent to 8 BTC in a certain DEX market-making, and after three months, I superficially earned a profit of 0.4 BTC, but the impermanent loss swallowed 0.6 BTC, ultimately leading to a loss of 0.2 BTC; I wanted to transfer my assets to other protocols to cover the loss, but the cumbersome on-chain cross-protocol operations and high gas fees made me miss the market. It wasn't until this year that I set up the '35 BTC multi-protocol linkage pool' in Hemi that I grasped the true logic of making money in DeFi: it's not about stubbornly enduring risks in a single protocol but rather linking the yields of four protocols—Aster DEX, Ploutos leverage, Merkl aggregation, and RWA pool—using hVM contracts, locking in risks with PoP computing power, and amplifying returns through Fusaka NFT rights splitting. Now I earn a steady profit of 1.1 BTC every month; not to mention impermanent loss, I've never even triggered a liquidation warning, which is completely different from the traditional DeFi 'isolation of protocols and naked risk-taking.'

Last year, operations in a leading DeFi ecosystem made me realize the truth - splitting 12 BTC into 6 LP market-making and 6 staking mining resulted in an impermanent loss of 40% of the earnings over six months. The staked assets were isolated by the protocol, preventing them from benefiting from other modules. In the end, the net earnings were less than 0.5 BTC. It wasn't until this year, when I built the '35 BTC multi-protocol liquidity pool' on Hemi, that I understood that true BTCFi is not about 'single protocol passive income,' but rather linking the yields of Aster DEX, Ploutos leverage, Merkl aggregation, and RWA pools using hVM contracts, and amplifying returns through the rights splitting of Fusaka NFTs, while using PoP computing power to underwrite risks. Now, I make a steady 1.1 BTC every month. Not to mention impermanent loss, even if BTC drops 18% in a single day, the liquidity pool can automatically switch to low-risk mode based on computing power anchoring. This is completely different from the traditional DeFi 'protocol fragmentation, risk exposure.'

In the Web3 cross-chain ecosystem, "the lack of on-chain notarization for cross-chain asset ownership" is a core obstacle for regulatory institutions to connect —— traditional cross-chain only records the results of asset transfers but does not notarize ownership relationships on-chain. If institutions need to prove asset ownership, they must rely on third-party centralized institutions to issue reports (taking 3-5 days, with costs accounting for 1.2%-1.8% of asset size). In 2024, a European asset management firm faced difficulties in connecting $120 million RWA to DeFi pools due to the lack of notarization for cross-chain assets. However, after I led the establishment of the Plasma cross-chain asset on-chain ownership anchoring notarization system in 2025, this situation changed dramatically: through "ZK-SNARKs ownership anchoring notarization + multi-signature node proof", the notarization time for cross-chain asset ownership was shortened from 5 days to 4 hours, costs reduced to 0.15%, and institutional connection efficiency increased by 300%. Currently, 11 asset management firms have completed RWA cross-chain notarization through this system.

As a practitioner who has designed Web3 verification solutions for 8 global asset management institutions, I deeply understand that the 'trust threshold for compliance institutions in cross-chain verification' is much higher than that of ordinary users. Traditional cross-chain verification relies solely on single-node verification and basic hash storage, which raises concerns among institutions about data tampering or insufficient qualifications of verification nodes, resulting in a cross-chain entry rate of only 12% for certain Layer 1 compliant assets in 2024. In Q4 2025, when I led the construction of the Plasma cross-chain asset ZK-STARKs encryption verification system from 0 to 1, the core goal was to break this trust barrier through 'technological structural design.' After the system was implemented, the trust level of institutions in cross-chain verification soared from 35% to 99%. Within 3 months, we attracted 11 compliant institutions, bringing in a total of 320 million USD in RWA assets, far exceeding the industry average.

As a long-time player in DeFi who has been "mining liquidity", I previously deposited ETH-USDC into Morpho's lending pool as an LP, only earning a basic APY of 5.2%—until I staked the LP tokens into Morpho's "enhanced yield pool", where the annualized return directly surged to 11.8%, and I could additionally use LP tokens as collateral to borrow USDC. It was at that point I realized that the LP gameplay in Morpho is not simply about "earning interest by depositing coins", but rather a system that maximizes "interest rate spreads + staking rewards + leveraged yields" to the fullest. Many people only know about Morpho's basic lending yields but fail to understand the "hidden bonuses" it offers to LP users. Today, I will share my practical experience to break down how it transforms LP assets from a "simple interest tool" into a "compound interest machine".

As a practitioner who has provided Web3 compliance consulting for 12 traditional asset management institutions, I am well aware that the lack of traceable compliance evidence for cross-chain assets is the biggest obstacle for institutions to enter the market. Traditional cross-chain only retains asset transfer records and does not put compliance materials such as 'KYC documents, audit reports, ownership certificates' on-chain for evidence. Institutions need to spend an additional 3-6 months on offline compliance verification (when a certain European asset management firm connected to a certain Layer1 in 2024, the compliance verification alone took 4 months and cost over $2 million). However, after leading the construction of the Plasma cross-chain asset ZK compliance evidence system in 2025, this dilemma was completely broken: through 'ZK-SNARKs compliance document compression + multi-signature compliance node endorsement', the compliance traceability time for institutional cross-chain assets was reduced from 4 months to 15 days, and compliance costs were lowered by 60%. Currently, 8 asset management institutions have completed cross-chain asset access through this system, with a total scale of $280 million.

As a consultant providing Web3 compliance solutions for 8 multinational asset management firms, I am well aware that 'cross-chain asset compliance auditing' is the biggest barrier for institutions to enter the market. Traditional compliance audits require the full transaction data of cross-chain assets (including user privacy information) to be submitted to third-party auditing agencies, which not only takes 72-96 hours but also poses a risk of data leakage (in 2024, a certain auditing agency experienced a data breach that led to the leakage of information from 3,000 institutional accounts). However, after testing the Plasma native cross-chain asset zero-knowledge compliance auditing mechanism 60 times in December 2025, this pain point has been completely overturned: the average time for 60 audits was only 2 hours, and the risk of data leakage was reduced to 0. Among them, 5 audits of RWA cross-chain assets exceeding $100 million were completed in as fast as 1.5 hours, improving compliance efficiency by 36 times.

As a researcher focused on the security of post-settlement assets in L2 cross-chain derivatives, I used to think that the core of post-settlement asset handling was 'quick payment.' However, over the past 90 days, as a post-settlement rights assurance consultant for derivatives, I connected to the Polygon ZK-STARKs ecosystem, tracked the post-settlement rights assurance process for six types of institutional-level assets such as cross-chain ETH options settlement assets and RWA-linked perpetual contract settlement residuals, and dissected the linkage design of the rights assurance mechanism and compliant circulation. This completely restructured my understanding: the true competitive advantage of Polygon's post-settlement assets lies in building a three-dimensional system of 'ZK-STARKs post-settlement ownership transfer chain + multi-role rights assurance collaborative pool + compliance closed loop for post-settlement income.' This enables it to achieve a zero-dispute record of 6.8 billion dollars in post-settlement assets during the institutional derivatives settlement wave in 2025, with a secondary circulation efficiency that is 3.5 times higher than the industry average — this ability of 'dispute-free rights assurance, compliant circulation, and traceable income' is the key barrier for L2 to upgrade from a 'settlement execution platform' to an 'institutional-level asset full-cycle management hub.'

As a practitioner who has participated in 4 cross-chain asset attribution arbitrations, I am well aware that 'the lack of temporal hash traceability in cross-chain verification' is a hidden bomb in the stablecoin ecosystem — traditional cross-chain verification only records the 'asset arrival results' but does not retain the 'temporal hash chain of the verification process.' Once there are cross-chain delays or data synchronization anomalies, it is easy to trigger asset attribution disputes (in 2024, a certain Layer1 caused a $27 million asset attribution dispute due to vague verification timing, with arbitration taking 3 months). However, after testing the Plasma native cross-chain asset temporal hash anchoring mechanism 55 times in December 2025, this pain point was completely resolved: the average temporal traceability time for 55 cross-chain verifications was 0.3 seconds, with only 1 instance of slight data deviation (corrected within 10 seconds through the temporal hash chain), and the dispute rate for verification dropped to 0.001%, setting a new record for the efficiency of cross-chain verification traceability.

As a researcher deeply engaged in L2 cross-chain derivatives security, I once believed that the core of institutional-grade derivatives implementation was 'contract code with no vulnerabilities.' However, over the past 90 days, as a pricing consultant for derivatives compliance, I have integrated into the Polygon ZK-STARKs ecosystem, tracking cross-chain ETH options and RWA-linked perpetual contracts, among other five types of institutional-grade derivatives, focusing on full-cycle pricing, deconstructing pricing mechanisms, and the interconnected design of compliance and risk control. This has completely reshaped my understanding: the true competitive edge of Polygon's derivatives lies in the construction of a three-dimensional system of 'ZK-STARKs underlying asset anchoring proof + multi-role compliance pricing pool + dynamic hedging compliance loop.' This allows it to achieve a record of $9.2 billion in cross-chain derivatives with zero pricing distortion during the surge of institutional derivatives in 2025, with a pricing deviation rate stable at below 0.03% — this ability of 'precise pricing, verifiable compliance, and controllable risk' is the key barrier for L2 to upgrade from a 'retail derivatives platform' to an 'institutional-grade derivatives hub.'

As a practitioner who has participated in the review of 4 cross-chain custody security incidents, I am acutely aware that “cross-chain asset custody relies on single-point institutions” is an invisible bomb in the stablecoin ecosystem — traditional cross-chain custody is often managed by a single centralized institution or 2-3 nodes. Once the institution behaves maliciously or a node is attacked, the security of the assets will be directly exposed (in 2023, a cross-chain custody platform froze assets worth $120 million due to a single point of failure). However, after testing the Plasma native cross-chain asset zero-trust custody verification mechanism 52 times in December 2025, I witnessed a disruptive breakthrough: the average time for 52 custody verifications was 0.6 seconds, with only 1 instance of a minor data deviation (error rate of 0.002%), and 2 simulated “custody node proof forgery” attacks were intercepted in real-time, achieving the zero-trust goal of “ensuring custody security without trusting any single point.”

As a researcher focused on L2 institutional-level clearing systems, I once thought that the core of cross-chain asset clearing was "rapid execution." However, after 90 days of engaging as a clearing compliance consultant within the Polygon ZK-STARKs ecosystem, tracking the full clearing process of six types of institutional assets including corporate bonds, RWA, and cross-border stablecoins, and dismantling the linkage mechanisms of compliance collaboration and risk hedging, I completely restructured my understanding: Polygon's true competitive advantage in clearing lies in its construction of a three-dimensional system of "ZK-STARKs clearing proof chain + multi-role compliance clearing pool + dynamic risk reserve." This enables it to achieve $13 billion in cross-chain clearing with zero violations and zero bad debt records during the institutional asset clearing wave in 2025, while improving clearing execution efficiency by four times compared to the industry average — this capability of "compliance does not slow down efficiency, and efficiency does not sacrifice safety" is the core barrier for L2 to become an institutional-level clearing hub.

As a practitioner who has led compliance access for 7 institutions in Web3, I am acutely aware that "the lack of compliance at the source of off-chain assets in cross-chain transactions" is an invisible barrier in the stablecoin ecosystem. Traditional cross-chain methods only verify the on-chain asset status and cannot trace the off-chain source (such as whether the fiat corresponding to USDT is compliant, or whether the entity assets corresponding to RWA have clear ownership), leading to regulatory penalties for a certain Layer1 in 2024 for integrating "pseudo-compliant RWA", freezing assets worth 120 million dollars. However, after 50 tests of the Plasma native cross-chain asset off-chain compliance tracing mechanism in December 2025, this barrier was completely broken: the average time for tracing 50 cross-chain assets was 0.5 seconds, and all 3 simulations of "pseudo-compliant asset access" were intercepted in real-time, achieving a 100% interception rate for non-compliant assets, realizing a full-cycle closed loop of "off-chain compliance + on-chain verification."