Lorenzo’s most interesting move isn’t “another yield strategy.” It’s the choice to treat yield as an instrument.
In most DeFi setups, yield exists as a workflow: you bridge here, stake there, loop collateral, harvest rewards, rebalance, repeat. The returns may be real, but the experience is fragile. It relies on timing, on attention, on whether each underlying venue continues to act as it did yesterday. Strategy becomes a job.
The idea of moving “from strategies to instruments” changes that. Instead of asking users to keep a map of yield sources in their heads, Lorenzo bundles yield from multiple sources into a single on-chain fund unit—something you can buy, hold, transfer, and track as one item. Under the surface, that fund unit can pull from multiple venues (staking, basis trades, structured carry, or other yield channels), but the asset seen by the user is a single entry.
That packaging is important because it alters what composability looks like. Composability usually means “I can connect a token to another protocol.” Here, it also means “I can connect an outcome to a portfolio.” A fund unit becomes easier to price, easier to manage risk for, and easier to fit into treasury operations than a constantly changing set of positions across different apps.
It also changes governance and accountability. When yield is a strategy, the user bears the burden of decision-making: when to enter, when to exit, which path is safest. When yield is an instrument, the burden shifts to the issuer and its system: how exposures are chosen, how limits are enforced, how losses are managed, and how transparency is kept.
If DeFi wants to be understood by larger investors, this is a clear path: not “more complexity,” but better packaging. Not more controls to adjust—fewer, clearer instruments to hold.
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