Hercules|DeFi

Fiat is coming onchain.
And Hyperliquid is making that shift happen faster through @swappedcom
For a space that has grown rapidly over the past few years, onboarding has always been a major bottleneck.
This update changes that.
The numbers around fiat rails and access are starting to look very strong:
> 420M+ global crypto users, yet onboarding friction remains a top barrier
> Nearly 70% of new users drop off during multi-step funding processes
> Seamless fiat onramps can boost user conversion rates by 2–3x
> Global payment giants like Visa and Mastercard are expanding crypto payment integrati

It is a fact that stablecoins are the foundation of DeFi.
But only if they are actually trusted, redeemable, and institution-ready.
That is why you and I need to focus on USDCx on @Cardano.
For the first time, Cardano now has a Circle-backed stablecoin via Circle.
Not wrapped liquidity. Not dependent on third-party bridges
Actual native infrastructure
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐅𝐢 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐨
Before USDCx, DeFi on Cardano was structurally constrained.
I am not saying it's quiet; I am saying it was at a position where it should be doing better.
> TVL hovered

The RWA markets continue to heat up
𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘦𝘻𝘻𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 $100𝘔 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘙𝘞𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦
These are some new developments that happened in RWA the past few days: 👇
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➢ @GoMaestroOrg has officially launched Mezzamine, the first Bitcoin-native credit market for the mining economy, deploying its inaugural program with Sazmining
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➢ @Theo_Network has received $100 million for a struct

The RWA markets continue to heat up
𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘖𝘪𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘟𝘙𝘗 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘹 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘙𝘞𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦
These are some new developments that happened in RWA the past few days: 👇
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➢ Amid Middle East tensions, crypto traders are flocking to @HyperliquidX tokenized oil perpetual contract, which briefly overtook Ethereum perpetuals with over $5 billion in daily volume.
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