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Could River be the stablecoin version of EigenLayer? Recently, while looking at River's ecosystem expansion, a thought has become increasingly clear: It is actually doing something very similar to EigenLayer; the only difference is that the direction has shifted from trust-based re-staking to liquidity re-utilization. The logic of EigenLayer is to reuse staked ETH to provide a security layer for other protocols. The logic of River is to reuse satUSD, allowing it to flow continuously across different chains and strategies. ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ For example, a very simple path: A user stakes BTC on BOB → mints satUSD → uses it for LP or lending on Base or Arbitrum → then stakes the earnings into the Smart Vault. At this point, the satUSD in your hands is actually layered with multiple earnings: It is both a stablecoin and a yield certificate, as well as a liquidity vehicle. And the most crucial part is that it can flow natively across chains, without needing bridges or wrapping! ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ This mechanism is somewhat like a liquidity version of re-staking: In EigenLayer, security is reused; In River, capital efficiency is reused. The difference is that the former serves the validation layer, while the latter serves the entire multi-chain DeFi ecosystem. If we view EigenLayer as a redistribution of trust, then River is more like a redistribution of liquidity. ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ Why is this important? Because the current issue in the entire stablecoin market is not a lack of supply, but rather low efficiency. Funds are locked across different chains, and there is almost no natural flow between different protocols. River's Omni-CDP + satUSD mechanism essentially adds a circulation pump to stablecoins. Assets do not need to leave their original chain, but their value can flow everywhere! ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ In summary So when I suggest that River is the stablecoin version of EigenLayer, this is not just a gimmick, but a pretty accurate metaphor. Its satUSD is like a re-staked version of ETH, allowing stablecoins themselves to become a layer of liquidity. Perhaps in a few months, we will really see more and more projects integrating satUSD, treating it as the public liquidity foundation for multi-chain DeFi. At that time, this river of liquidity will just be beginning to rise!

TradFi meets DeFi through Lombard and CapMoney The Lombard team has announced a new partnership with the stablecoin protocol @capmoney_ , introducing a fresh primitive to the stablecoin sector. The 1st component is reminiscent of Ethena’s model: - Users mint the new stablecoin cUSD using USDC as collateral. - They can then stake cUSD to generate yield from various strategies, creating a yield-bearing stablecoin called stcUSD Stablecoins minted against cUSD are allocated to Vaults managed by risk curators. However, unlike traditional setups, these risk curators are not limited to onchain strategies. They can also execute offchain or even Web2-based strategies. This effectively enables uncollateralized lending, introducing the inherent risk of loss for those who entrust assets to these curators. ---------------- Here’s where the project’s 2nd major innovation comes in - insurance. A Vault only becomes operational once someone vouches for the risk curator with real capital. This means that if the curator mismanages funds or their strategy underperforms, the guarantor absorbs all financial losses. In return, the guarantor earns a share of the strategy’s profits. As a result, users’ funds remain protected under all circumstances. ----------------- This is where Lombard enters the picture. Lombard is contributing a portion of its LBTC to a Vault managed by Hyperithm, a firm with over 7 years of experience in HFT strategies. The technical infrastructure is provided by Symbiotic, a restaking protocol responsible for compliance and orchestration of financial flows. ----------------- Why This Partnership Matters Because in the future, Lombard can actively support many other DeFi and TradFi strategies and receive a reward for doing so. There are thousands, even tens of thousands, of strategies and companies executing them worldwide. All of them can come to Lombard for capital. This is the gateway to Bitcoin Capital Markets that the team has been talking about for the past few months. The doors to TradFi are starting to open for @Lombard_Finance

Tria Research @useTria is a chain abstraction infrastructure in the pre-TGE stage, aiming to provide a consumer-oriented service that allows users to utilize assets without being aware of the chain or VM (EVM·SVM·MoveVM·Cosmos·Bitcoin). The core components include the permissionless routing layer BestPath AVS for intent execution, and Unchained L2 (based on Arbitrum Orbit + MoveVM integration) that coordinates shared wallets, identities, and permissions. Users can create a seedless wallet within a minute using social SSO, pay gas fees with any assets they hold, and experience transactions, staking, and payments without going through bridging steps. BestPath AVS proposes optimal paths by having solvers, relayers, routers, and paymasters (collectively referred to as 'Pathfinder') compete based on fees, time, and security metrics in a 'micro-market' secured by EigenLayer restaking as collateral, while deterring misconduct through stake penalties (slashing) and a 7-day challenge window. The selected path guarantees atomic execution through distributed threshold signatures (TSS), and data availability is leveraged using Celestia. Unchained L2 handles DID integration, wallet state management, and granular permissions (multi-sig, time-lock, dApp-specific permissions), while also considering trust-minimized interoperability with Cosmos through IBC. Overall signature and key management is operated using Lit-based TSS (utilizing AMD SEV/AWS Nitro isolation), designed to reduce reliance on central operators through a permissionless intent market structure. From a developer's perspective, it can be embedded directly into web, mobile, and game engines (Unity/Unreal) using CoreSDK/Inception/Mazerunner, presenting the advantage of layering chain abstraction without modifying existing smart contracts. Users can utilize Spend/Trade/Earn functionalities from a single interface. Spend supports payments at 13 million merchants with physical and virtual cards in over 150 countries, with a daily limit of up to $1 million, while Trade offers cross-chain swaps/bridges/derivative routing based on BestPath, and Earn provides gasless cross-chain staking/yield strategies. Additionally, it aims for autonomous pathfinding, arbitrage, and yield optimization through an AI agent framework (TriAI). External indicators include over 200,000 cumulative users, over $300,000 in revenue in 8 weeks of beta, over 70 B2B partnerships, integration cases within the Cosmos ecosystem such as @injective, and collaborations with Saakuru (gaming) and AggLayer (ZK finality). Funding is reported to be approximately $36 million cumulatively (including Series A and a strategic round in 2025), with tokens yet to be issued. In the competitive landscape, Tria differentiates itself by "hiding bridging from users, allowing payments with any asset gas, and bundling all VMs into a single UX" compared to bridge and messaging protocols (Wormhole, LayerZero, Axelar, CCIP). While NEAR (chain signatures), Particle (account abstraction), and Socket (bridge aggregation) are infrastructure-centric, Tria combines chain abstraction infrastructure with a consumer-oriented neobank (cards, on/off ramps) focusing on 'everyday use'. Strengths include (1) market-based path selection aimed at sub-second intent execution, (2) a multi-layer security model combining TSS, restaking, slashing, challenges, and TEE isolation, (3) low integration difficulty for developers (no changes to existing contracts), (4) reduced user friction through gas abstraction and integrated balance views, and (5) securing real-world usage points such as physical cards and on/off ramps. Conversely, risks include (a) operational complexity due to a complex dependency structure involving EigenLayer, TSS, and multiple VM integrations, (b) potential cost and delay increases due to initial liquidity shortages in the micro-market, (c) lack of real-world performance and scalability validation due to the pre-TGE stage, (d) regulatory compliance burdens and regional constraints for global card/payment services, (e) volatility risks post-launch due to undisclosed tokenomics, and (f) liquidity dilution with numerous chain abstraction competitors. In summary, Tria presents a vision of chain abstraction that combines intent-based permissionless routing (AVS) + shared wallet/identity L2 + consumer neobank app to use "any asset anywhere". Initial metrics and partnerships provide a gauge of demand, but the core claims need validation through performance metrics (latency, success rates, costs), security incident responses, regulatory compliance, token release structure, and user retention rates after the full public launch. Success hinges on whether the user experience demonstrated in the beta phase can be replicated in a large-scale environment and whether it can continuously prove performance, cost, and safety advantages over competitive alternatives.