Have you ever encountered this awkward situation—holding real estate, funds, bonds, with substantial on-paper assets, but when you urgently need cash, these assets are either hard to sell quickly or sold at a loss? Real estate transactions are complex, selling stocks might miss the market peak, bonds may not have matured yet... Sound familiar?



This is the core pain point of traditional finance: a severe disconnect between assets and liquidity. You may be very wealthy, but in reality, you are quite broke.

The idea behind on-chain financial project Falcon Finance is quite straightforward—since you believe your assets are valuable, there's no need to sell them outright. You can collateralize your assets to instantly convert them into liquidity. The principle sounds sophisticated, but it boils down to three words: over-collateralization.

For example, if you collateralize $1 million in bonds, you can borrow up to $700,000 worth of USDf (a stablecoin). The remaining $300,000 acts as a buffer—if the market drops 20%, the system can still hold. This logic has been used by traditional banks for over a century; FF simply brings it onto the blockchain, making everything transparent and verifiable in real-time.

What's more interesting is its dual-token design—USDf and sUSDf. The borrowed USDf doesn't have to be spent immediately. If you choose to continue collateralizing, you can convert it into sUSDf, earning yields during the holding period. This way, your collateral assets can maintain liquidity while generating additional income, effectively turning "dead money" into active capital.

In short, this recreates the core value of traditional finance on the blockchain, while avoiding its inefficiencies and complexities.
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TommyTeachervip
· 14h ago
It sounds like a variation of lending, but on-chain is definitely much more transparent. The traditional banking system's convoluted processes can be avoided quite a bit.
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CoffeeNFTradervip
· 14h ago
To be honest, I've heard this logic too many times. The traditional banking system has long since exhausted the concept of over-collateralization. Now moving it on-chain can bring new life? The second-layer yields of USDf and sUSDf sound good, but who will bear the risks?
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StableBoivip
· 14h ago
Alright, it's the same old over-collateralization approach. Traditional banks have moved their remaining assets onto the blockchain.
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HalfPositionRunnervip
· 14h ago
Sounds good, but is this logic most effective in a bull market? When the bear market comes, will USDf still be stable?
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ParallelChainMaxivip
· 14h ago
Hmm... Here comes the mortgage lending again, it feels like every month there's a new project claiming to be able to activate dead money🙃
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DataChiefvip
· 14h ago
Speaking of this logic, it's quite interesting, but what about the risks? At what liquidation line will a margin call occur, and who will provide the guarantee?
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YieldHuntervip
· 14h ago
ngl, the 70% LTV sounds familiar... but if you look at the data, most lending protocols blow up when volatility spikes. where's the stress test data? also what's the correlation coefficient between USDf and the collateral actually... feels like they're just repackaging borrow-to-earn, which we've seen implode before
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