The interesting part wasn't getting another asset in my wallet. It was realizing I suddenly had one position doing two or three different jobs without needing to touch it again.
I parked capital expecting a simple yield strategy, then caught myself checking where the same exposure was still being recognized across other opportunities. That changed the way I looked at efficiency. Not because the APR jumped, but because idle capital quietly disappeared.
On one position worth roughly $5,000, the base yield difference looked small. Around 4–6% isn't exactly headline material. But when the same capital keeps participating instead of sitting inactive between decisions, the effective productivity starts looking very different over a 12-month horizon.
There's still friction. Some integrations take longer than expected and moving between strategies isn't always instant. I found myself refreshing dashboards more than I'd like just to confirm balances had propagated correctly.
But that's probably the point I've been thinking about.
The extra value wasn't another token showing up in the wallet. Wallets are already full enough. The useful part was another layer of utility attached to the same capital, where I didn't have to choose between holding, earning, or participating.
Most protocols compete by adding more assets.
The more interesting question might be how many jobs one asset can keep doing before it starts feeling normal..