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Created: 2025-07-20 18:16:24 UTC

year of real DeFi upgrades?

saw what @0xSoulProtocol dropped and honestly, feels like we’re entering a new phase:

- no bridges. no wrapped assets. just native liquidity flowing across chains
- you supply ETH on ethereum, borrow on arbitrum, repay on base   done, zero stress
- bridges cost DeFi >$2B in hacks, soul’s modular messaging (layerzero, ccip, axelar) = trust engineered not luck
- seeds system = real usage, score climbs as you quest and refer, not empty clicks. early counts.
- feels like a DeFi OS: one intent, one interface. protocol handles routing, best APYs, security with zk and invoker module

my take: everyone talks cross‑chain, this time it’s not duct-tape but actually works. cross-chain lending, yield and intent-based flow as it should have been from the start.

testnet’s here. mainnet = soon. I’m tracking seeds, aiming for $SO early.

if you care about true composability and security, you need to watch this one.

![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwUf_dxWgAEuq-9.jpg)

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