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Lorenzo's rocket is not fireworks—it is igniting the engine of long-term funding
Did you think the trading volume during those days was just the community cheering? No, what Lorenzo is showing is not a brief celebration, but an engine prepared for institutional-level capital. Don't think of it as a momentarily popular 'meme coin'; consider it an ongoing financing and productization experiment, a project that transforms hype into measurable and replicable flows of real capital. Below, I will break down this process in the voice of a logically rigorous yet extremely optimistic blockchain 'engineer fan'—and tell you why buying now could very well be proven wise in the future.
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It's not DeFi learning from Wall Street, but Wall Street finally has Lorenzo.
Meeting Minutes - Excerpt
Fund Manager (FM):
I don't care whether you are blockchain or not, I only care about three things:
Where does the yield come from? How to control risk? Why should I trust you?
On-chain Engineer (LE):
That's great. Because Lorenzo is precisely designed for questions like yours.
The story starts with this seemingly completely inappropriate conversation.
1. How did Lorenzo 'walk into DeFi in a suit'?
Most DeFi projects resemble startup teams in T-shirts and flip-flops:
Fast, fierce, and daring, but not suitable for sitting in a boardroom being questioned.
Fund Manager (FM):
I don't care whether you are blockchain or not, I only care about three things:
Where does the yield come from? How to control risk? Why should I trust you?
On-chain Engineer (LE):
That's great. Because Lorenzo is precisely designed for questions like yours.
The story starts with this seemingly completely inappropriate conversation.
1. How did Lorenzo 'walk into DeFi in a suit'?
Most DeFi projects resemble startup teams in T-shirts and flip-flops:
Fast, fierce, and daring, but not suitable for sitting in a boardroom being questioned.
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This 'health check report' is too clean—why I dare to entrust Lorenzo to institutional-level funds
Let’s start with the conclusion:
If you treat auditing as a 'project qualification certificate', then you are still in the novice stage;
If you can read 'what residual risk looks like' from the audit, you will realize—
Lorenzo, this kind of project is no longer about passing but about establishing a trust threshold.
In this article, I do not intend to tell stories, discuss structure, or talk about vision like the previous two times.
I'll change my identity:
👉 A person who specializes in 'health checks' for blockchain projects.
1. Auditing is not a graduation certificate, it's a health check report.
Many people's understanding of auditing is very naive:
If you treat auditing as a 'project qualification certificate', then you are still in the novice stage;
If you can read 'what residual risk looks like' from the audit, you will realize—
Lorenzo, this kind of project is no longer about passing but about establishing a trust threshold.
In this article, I do not intend to tell stories, discuss structure, or talk about vision like the previous two times.
I'll change my identity:
👉 A person who specializes in 'health checks' for blockchain projects.
1. Auditing is not a graduation certificate, it's a health check report.
Many people's understanding of auditing is very naive:
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I went through Lorenzo's yield ledger page by page and found that it wasn't really 'living off subsidies.'
Let me start with an unappealing statement:
Most of the yields in DeFi are simply not worth calculating.
Because if you chase back three steps, you'll find—
it's either platform subsidies, token issuance, or otherwise 'sentiment premium.'
This kind of APR looks lively, but in essence, it's just fireworks.
But Lorenzo is different.
To figure out whether the 'real yield' it keeps emphasizing is just a scam, I did something quite 'down-to-earth':
👉 Pretend to be an accountant, personifying its yields one by one, and then calculating it backwards.
it's not about how much it claims to earn,
Most of the yields in DeFi are simply not worth calculating.
Because if you chase back three steps, you'll find—
it's either platform subsidies, token issuance, or otherwise 'sentiment premium.'
This kind of APR looks lively, but in essence, it's just fireworks.
But Lorenzo is different.
To figure out whether the 'real yield' it keeps emphasizing is just a scam, I did something quite 'down-to-earth':
👉 Pretend to be an accountant, personifying its yields one by one, and then calculating it backwards.
it's not about how much it claims to earn,
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BANK is not a coin; it is a 'power distribution map' that is unfolding.
I do not intend to start from the price.
I also do not intend to start from emotions.
This time, let's adopt a completely calm perspective, even a bit 'capital-flavored'—
If we treat Lorenzo as a growing asset management company, what is BANK?
There is only one answer:
👉 It is not points, not fuel, but a combination of 'equity + voting rights + cash flow entry'.
And to judge whether it is worth holding long-term, you only need to look at one thing:
Is this 'power distribution map' unfolding in the direction of decentralization?
1. First, let's not talk about beliefs; let's lay the 'equity map' on the table.
I also do not intend to start from emotions.
This time, let's adopt a completely calm perspective, even a bit 'capital-flavored'—
If we treat Lorenzo as a growing asset management company, what is BANK?
There is only one answer:
👉 It is not points, not fuel, but a combination of 'equity + voting rights + cash flow entry'.
And to judge whether it is worth holding long-term, you only need to look at one thing:
Is this 'power distribution map' unfolding in the direction of decentralization?
1. First, let's not talk about beliefs; let's lay the 'equity map' on the table.
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KITE: Laying the Foundation for 'Intelligent Civilization'
If you imagine current AI as a group of explorers who have just learned to walk, most blockchains actually only provide them with a 'tourist map': they can look and point, but when it comes to acting independently, making decisions, paying, and taking responsibility? No.
And Kite is doing something entirely different.
It is not about giving AI a larger 'playground,' but about creating a complete set of long-term sustainable, tradable, and collaborative world rules for AI.
This is not a metaphor; this is a reality that is happening.
1. When AI no longer 'waits for instructions,' the real problems begin.
And Kite is doing something entirely different.
It is not about giving AI a larger 'playground,' but about creating a complete set of long-term sustainable, tradable, and collaborative world rules for AI.
This is not a metaphor; this is a reality that is happening.
1. When AI no longer 'waits for instructions,' the real problems begin.
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It's not about who does AI, but who collects tolls first: Kite is seizing the 'standard position' in machine payments
If you think of the competition in Web3 as a war, then most projects are still fighting for territory, competing in computing power, and striving for TPS.
But what Kite is doing is clearly not in this battlefield.
It is doing something more ruthless and more valuable:
Seizing the 'standard'.
And it's not just any standard, it's the kind that—
Once widely adopted, later entrants, no matter how strong, can only pay according to the rules you set.
The name of this standard is x402, and its upgraded version is x402b.
1. Why the 'payment standard' is the real moat in the AI era
Let's start with a truth:
But what Kite is doing is clearly not in this battlefield.
It is doing something more ruthless and more valuable:
Seizing the 'standard'.
And it's not just any standard, it's the kind that—
Once widely adopted, later entrants, no matter how strong, can only pay according to the rules you set.
The name of this standard is x402, and its upgraded version is x402b.
1. Why the 'payment standard' is the real moat in the AI era
Let's start with a truth:
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Not a blockchain for people: Kite has, for the first time, written the matter of 'who machines should be responsible for' into a protocol.
If you were to ask a question about most of today's blockchains—
'When AI places orders, makes payments, and negotiates by itself, who is responsible when something goes wrong?'
To be honest, almost no system can answer that directly.
An address is just an address, a signature is just a signature.
The chain does not care whether you are a person, a script, or an already semi-autonomous AI agent.
Kite did something that seems a bit 'counterintuitive' at the moment, but will definitely be mentioned repeatedly in hindsight:
It did not prioritize faster, cheaper, or flashier performance metrics, but instead directly incorporated **'responsibility' into the structure of the chain.**
'When AI places orders, makes payments, and negotiates by itself, who is responsible when something goes wrong?'
To be honest, almost no system can answer that directly.
An address is just an address, a signature is just a signature.
The chain does not care whether you are a person, a script, or an already semi-autonomous AI agent.
Kite did something that seems a bit 'counterintuitive' at the moment, but will definitely be mentioned repeatedly in hindsight:
It did not prioritize faster, cheaper, or flashier performance metrics, but instead directly incorporated **'responsibility' into the structure of the chain.**
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Not smarter AI, but a cheaper 'hands-on': Kite is igniting the true fuel of the machine economy
1. A harsh but true fact:
Most AI systems are not 'not smart enough', but 'too expensive to afford'
If you have really run an AI agent, rather than just watching a demo, you must have encountered this scenario:
An agent needs to complete a task
It needs to call the API 20 times
Query data 10 times
Execute 5 inferences
In the middle, it also needs to negotiate a price with another agent once
There is no problem with the logic, and the technology can be implemented.
but the problem lies in a very realistic place: money.
Each call incurs a fee,
Each payment must go through a transaction,
Most AI systems are not 'not smart enough', but 'too expensive to afford'
If you have really run an AI agent, rather than just watching a demo, you must have encountered this scenario:
An agent needs to complete a task
It needs to call the API 20 times
Query data 10 times
Execute 5 inferences
In the middle, it also needs to negotiate a price with another agent once
There is no problem with the logic, and the technology can be implemented.
but the problem lies in a very realistic place: money.
Each call incurs a fee,
Each payment must go through a transaction,
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It's not about 'successful token listing', but 'ecological takeoff': Kite is completing a textbook-level leap.
If you understand the growth of Web3 projects as a straight line, then you are likely to misinterpret Kite.
If you see it as a phased ecological leap, then everything suddenly aligns.
This is not an ordinary story of 'financing - issuing tokens - waiting for appreciation'.
Kite is following a rarer and more advanced route:
From venture capital validation → participation in standard setting → exchanges releasing liquidity → agent economy scaling up.
This path, once taken, is almost irreversible.
1. First jump: VC does not invest in hype, but bets on 'can it run for ten years'.
If you see it as a phased ecological leap, then everything suddenly aligns.
This is not an ordinary story of 'financing - issuing tokens - waiting for appreciation'.
Kite is following a rarer and more advanced route:
From venture capital validation → participation in standard setting → exchanges releasing liquidity → agent economy scaling up.
This path, once taken, is almost irreversible.
1. First jump: VC does not invest in hype, but bets on 'can it run for ten years'.
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If stablecoins must be audited: why USDf would be one of the few that 'stands up'.
When a synthetic dollar scale reaches 2 billion dollars,
The question is no longer 'is the yield high or not',
Rather:
If someone asks you to prove everything tomorrow, can you?
Most DeFi stablecoins tend to avoid this question.
Falcon Finance, no.
this is where USDf and other 'similar looking' synthetic dollars truly differentiate themselves.
First, 2 billion dollars is not an honor; it is the 'starting point of stress testing'.
Many people write projects and like to use 'scale' as a declaration of victory.
But in the world of stablecoins, what does scale mean?
The question is no longer 'is the yield high or not',
Rather:
If someone asks you to prove everything tomorrow, can you?
Most DeFi stablecoins tend to avoid this question.
Falcon Finance, no.
this is where USDf and other 'similar looking' synthetic dollars truly differentiate themselves.
First, 2 billion dollars is not an honor; it is the 'starting point of stress testing'.
Many people write projects and like to use 'scale' as a declaration of victory.
But in the world of stablecoins, what does scale mean?
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Stop asking if USDf can win: Falcon Finance is building the underlying system of "how assets are used".
Most DeFi stablecoins today,
What it actually solves is a very narrow issue:
I have a certain kind of asset,
Can I use it to exchange for a US dollar?
What does the asset structure of the real world look like?
gold, government bonds, stocks, commodities, crypto assets
various hybrid, derivative, semi-liquid assets
If DeFi can only handle "single, purely crypto, highly volatile collateral",
then it will always be just scraps in the financial world.
The ambition of Falcon Finance, from the very beginning, was not "stablecoins", but "universal collateralization ability".
1. The so-called Universal Collateralization is essentially a "network of asset conversion".
What it actually solves is a very narrow issue:
I have a certain kind of asset,
Can I use it to exchange for a US dollar?
What does the asset structure of the real world look like?
gold, government bonds, stocks, commodities, crypto assets
various hybrid, derivative, semi-liquid assets
If DeFi can only handle "single, purely crypto, highly volatile collateral",
then it will always be just scraps in the financial world.
The ambition of Falcon Finance, from the very beginning, was not "stablecoins", but "universal collateralization ability".
1. The so-called Universal Collateralization is essentially a "network of asset conversion".
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When DeFi Truly Enters Daily Life: How USDf Rewrites Global Payment Rules
Imagine an ordinary morning, you are in line on Fifth Avenue in New York buying coffee.
You take out your phone
Open AEON Pay
USDf prominently appears in the payment options
The moment you swipe your card, there isn't even a shadow of a dollar.
At that moment, you didn’t feel like you were using 'cryptocurrency', you were simply using a globally accepted digital payment unit.
This is not science fiction; this is what Falcon Finance is doing right now.
1. The hard pain points of payment scenarios: The gap in DeFi
The current problems of stablecoins in the payment field are actually very straightforward:
Circulation is restricted
USDC / USDT are mostly accepted on exchanges, DeFi, or a few e-commerce platforms, with almost no offline usage scenarios.
You take out your phone
Open AEON Pay
USDf prominently appears in the payment options
The moment you swipe your card, there isn't even a shadow of a dollar.
At that moment, you didn’t feel like you were using 'cryptocurrency', you were simply using a globally accepted digital payment unit.
This is not science fiction; this is what Falcon Finance is doing right now.
1. The hard pain points of payment scenarios: The gap in DeFi
The current problems of stablecoins in the payment field are actually very straightforward:
Circulation is restricted
USDC / USDT are mostly accepted on exchanges, DeFi, or a few e-commerce platforms, with almost no offline usage scenarios.
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FF Foundation: When decentralized governance meets the ultimate game of institutional design
In the world of DeFi, I have seen too many token release announcements and governance proposals.
Most of them are:
"We promise decentralization",
Then every vote is a shadow of the team's will.
Falcon Finance made me put down my pen:
The establishment of the FF Foundation is not a superficial commitment, but a signal of systematic design.
This is a map that marks the secret paths of long-term value and community consensus.
1. Governance is not a slogan, but a balance of power and trust.
First, let's clarify a misconception:
Governance ≠ Number of Votes
Decentralization ≠ the team letting go.
Most of them are:
"We promise decentralization",
Then every vote is a shadow of the team's will.
Falcon Finance made me put down my pen:
The establishment of the FF Foundation is not a superficial commitment, but a signal of systematic design.
This is a map that marks the secret paths of long-term value and community consensus.
1. Governance is not a slogan, but a balance of power and trust.
First, let's clarify a misconception:
Governance ≠ Number of Votes
Decentralization ≠ the team letting go.
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From Holding Coins to Addiction: How Falcon Miles Allows DeFi Users to Create Their Own Ecosystem
Imagine you are a DeFi player, watching the USDf / FF quietly lying in your wallet every day.
In the past, you might have thought:
“Wait for it to rise, or occasionally provide some liquidity to earn rewards.”
Most projects' rewards stop here: one-time airdrops, LP withdrawals, and short-term incentives from Launchpool.
Strong stimulation, but weak sustainability, users are like passive machines.
Then Falcon Finance launched the Falcon Miles Program,
Instantly pulling your behavioral trajectory into a whole new dimension.
1. Incentive Design under Behavioral Economics
The design logic of Falcon Miles is not random rewards, but multi-dimensional behavior mapping:
In the past, you might have thought:
“Wait for it to rise, or occasionally provide some liquidity to earn rewards.”
Most projects' rewards stop here: one-time airdrops, LP withdrawals, and short-term incentives from Launchpool.
Strong stimulation, but weak sustainability, users are like passive machines.
Then Falcon Finance launched the Falcon Miles Program,
Instantly pulling your behavioral trajectory into a whole new dimension.
1. Incentive Design under Behavioral Economics
The design logic of Falcon Miles is not random rewards, but multi-dimensional behavior mapping:
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Not every project chosen by the exchange can survive— but APRO is clearly not here just to go through the motions.
The exchange is 'launching projects' every day.
But if you really look at the backend, you will find that 90% of the projects, at the moment they are pushed to the homepage, have already started to decline.
Homepage Banner, HODLer airdrop, Spot launch, Creator events...
Everyone is familiar with this process, so familiar that it feels a bit numb.
The issue has never been about 'whether there is traffic', but rather where the traffic actually goes.
The difference with APRO is:
It doesn't feel like a 'project being pushed out for sale'.
It resembles a module embedded in the system by the exchange.
The differences between the two are significant.
But if you really look at the backend, you will find that 90% of the projects, at the moment they are pushed to the homepage, have already started to decline.
Homepage Banner, HODLer airdrop, Spot launch, Creator events...
Everyone is familiar with this process, so familiar that it feels a bit numb.
The issue has never been about 'whether there is traffic', but rather where the traffic actually goes.
The difference with APRO is:
It doesn't feel like a 'project being pushed out for sale'.
It resembles a module embedded in the system by the exchange.
The differences between the two are significant.
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APRO × Pieverse is not a DeFi narrative; it is the vanguard of upgrading corporate financial systems.
If you haven't worked in finance at a company, it's hard to understand one thing:
What really causes a company to collapse is never 'lack of money'.
It's that the money has been paid out, but it can't prove 'why it is legal'.
This is especially true for cross-border trade.
The contract is in the email.
The invoice is in the PDF.
Payment records are in the banking system.
Exchange rates, timestamps, and counterparty information are all in different places.
When the audit comes, it all relies on manual reconciliation.
When the tax authorities come, it all relies on 'explanations'.
This is not an efficiency issue; it's a fear of compliance.
And APRO × Pieverse just cuts in from here.
What really causes a company to collapse is never 'lack of money'.
It's that the money has been paid out, but it can't prove 'why it is legal'.
This is especially true for cross-border trade.
The contract is in the email.
The invoice is in the PDF.
Payment records are in the banking system.
Exchange rates, timestamps, and counterparty information are all in different places.
When the audit comes, it all relies on manual reconciliation.
When the tax authorities come, it all relies on 'explanations'.
This is not an efficiency issue; it's a fear of compliance.
And APRO × Pieverse just cuts in from here.
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AT is not a token that survives by pumping: the supply curve has already written its trend.
First, write down the most important judgment:
The price of AT does not depend on how much it rises on the first day of listing.
It depends on how much new supply the market can absorb in the 'next 12 months'.
Most people misunderstood the key point on the first day.
1. Why 'first day explosive volume' has almost no reference value in infrastructure tokens.
Let's start with an counterintuitive conclusion.
For infrastructure tokens, 99% of the trading volume on TGE day is noise.
The reason is simple:
Initial circulating supply is low.
High concentration of exchanges.
Airdrop/Seed user cost is extremely low.
Market makers must create depth.
The price of AT does not depend on how much it rises on the first day of listing.
It depends on how much new supply the market can absorb in the 'next 12 months'.
Most people misunderstood the key point on the first day.
1. Why 'first day explosive volume' has almost no reference value in infrastructure tokens.
Let's start with an counterintuitive conclusion.
For infrastructure tokens, 99% of the trading volume on TGE day is noise.
The reason is simple:
Initial circulating supply is low.
High concentration of exchanges.
Airdrop/Seed user cost is extremely low.
Market makers must create depth.
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If you don't tell a story: Use a KPI report to see if APRO has truly been adopted by the real world
【The opening is not a narrative, it's a rule】
Let's set a rule first.
From now on, the following metrics are not allowed to judge the success of APRO:
Has the price gone up?
What is the market cap ranking?
Is the community popular?
Is there any buzz on Twitter?
Because these metrics can only prove one thing:
Is the market paying attention to you?
But what APRO, this 'next-generation oracle', really needs to answer is something else:
Is there anyone who considers you as 'essential infrastructure'?
So we will directly switch to a new measurement system.
1. Why the success of the 'oracle' must redefine KPI
Let's set a rule first.
From now on, the following metrics are not allowed to judge the success of APRO:
Has the price gone up?
What is the market cap ranking?
Is the community popular?
Is there any buzz on Twitter?
Because these metrics can only prove one thing:
Is the market paying attention to you?
But what APRO, this 'next-generation oracle', really needs to answer is something else:
Is there anyone who considers you as 'essential infrastructure'?
So we will directly switch to a new measurement system.
1. Why the success of the 'oracle' must redefine KPI
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It's not about defeating Chainlink, but making it unable to enter the examination room: the true competitive logic of APRO
【Opening: First, acknowledge an uncomfortable fact】
If you start a 'price feeding DeFi' oracle project today,
Want to challenge Chainlink head-on—
That's not entrepreneurship,
That is performance art.
Because on the path of pure price feeding:
The network effect is already locked in
The integration cost has already sunk
Risk preference is extremely low
Established oracles are not strong, they are 'irreplaceable'.
So any smart latecomer will not struggle here.
APRO, clearly, is the smart type.
1. Open up the track: a two-dimensional competitive matrix, rather than a single-axis ranking
If you start a 'price feeding DeFi' oracle project today,
Want to challenge Chainlink head-on—
That's not entrepreneurship,
That is performance art.
Because on the path of pure price feeding:
The network effect is already locked in
The integration cost has already sunk
Risk preference is extremely low
Established oracles are not strong, they are 'irreplaceable'.
So any smart latecomer will not struggle here.
APRO, clearly, is the smart type.
1. Open up the track: a two-dimensional competitive matrix, rather than a single-axis ranking
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