By the end of 2025, the RWA conversation had mostly moved past the novelty stage.

Tokenized Treasuries crossed into the billions. Gold, bonds, and equities showed up on-chain in serious size. But most of those assets still behaved the same way once they were tokenized. They sat there. They earned yield. They did not do much else.

That is where Falcon Finance ended up doing something different.

Instead of asking users to choose between holding RWAs and using DeFi, Falcon built a system where both could happen at the same time.

What “Universal Collateralization” Means in Practice

Universal collateralization sounds abstract until you strip it down.

It simply means that any eligible liquid asset can be used to mint USDf.

Crypto assets. Stablecoins. Tokenized real-world assets. They all go through the same engine. The system does not care whether yield comes from on-chain volatility or off-chain interest. It cares about risk parameters.

Everything is overcollateralized. Usually around 116 percent at the low end, and higher for more volatile assets. Equities and higher-beta RWAs sit closer to 150 percent or more. The buffer is the point.

You mint dollars.
You keep exposure.
Nothing is sold.

That last part is why people paid attention.

Why RWAs Fit So Cleanly

Most RWAs on-chain have a similar problem. They earn yield, but they are dead capital beyond that.

Falcon treats them like any other productive asset.

Deposit an RWA. Mint USDf against it. Use the USDf across DeFi. The original asset stays put and keeps doing whatever it does best.

By late 2025, that included a fairly wide set of assets.

Mexican sovereign bills through CETES via Etherfuse.
Tokenized gold like XAUt.
Investment-grade corporate credit such as JAAA from Centrifuge.
Tokenized Treasuries like USTB and short-duration products like JTRSY.
Even tokenized equities through xStocks.

They all plug into the same system, just with different collateral ratios.

How the Flow Actually Works

There is no complex choreography here.

You connect to the Falcon app and deposit the asset.
USDf is minted against it at the appropriate collateral ratio.
The USDf is free to move.

It can be lent.
It can be LPed.
It can be traded.

On Base, that meant quick integration into places like Morpho and Aerodrome once Falcon deployed there in December. Cheap transactions and fast execution helped liquidity settle in faster than expected.

For users who wanted more than idle dollars, USDf could be converted into sUSDf. That routed capital through diversified strategies. Funding arbitrage. Cross-exchange positioning. Select alt staking. Nothing flashy.

Over time, RWA-native yield started feeding into that mix as well.

When you want out, you burn USDf and redeem the original asset after a short cooling period. That delay exists to protect the system during stress, not to trap users.

Risk Controls Are Not an Afterthought

This only works if risk is managed conservatively.

Falcon caps exposure per asset, typically around 20 percent. Collateral mixes are monitored continuously. Audits run weekly. A $10 million insurance fund sits behind the system to absorb shocks instead of pushing them onto users.

Custody for tokenized RWAs involves partners like BitGo, which matters once institutions start paying attention.

These details are easy to gloss over until something goes wrong. In 2025, people stopped glossing over them.

Why This Mattered During the RWA Boom

RWAs grew quickly this year, but most of them remained passive.

Falcon turned them into something closer to working capital.

Holding CETES but need dollars? Mint USDf without giving up yield.
Holding tokenized gold? Earn vault yield and still unlock liquidity.
Holding tokenized stocks or credit? Turn them into usable collateral instead of static positions.

As a result, USDf’s backing diversified. Crypto volatility mattered less. Real-world yield flows mattered more. By year end, USDf sat among the top stable assets by reserves, with over $2.3 billion backing roughly $2.1 billion in supply.

Governance through $FF let stakers influence which assets were added next and how incentives were shaped, but the core usage came first.

The Bigger Shift

Universal collateralization is not about RWAs replacing crypto.

It is about collapsing the line between holding and using.

Falcon’s engine made it possible for assets that normally sit still to become part of on-chain liquidity without forcing a sale. In a volatile year, that mattered more than clever mechanics.

RWAs did not just come on-chain in 2025.
They became usable.

That is the difference Falcon leaned into, and why USDf started to feel less like a product and more like infrastructure.

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