Take control. October 21.

Fixed yield on leveraged RWA credit, now on Pendle. Introducing PPLUS (Jan 2027 maturity), a RWA vault strategy designed by @Bitwise and run on @EmberProtocol.

Big congratulations to the @zksync airbender team for this milestone. At this point, I consider the battle for speed to be definitively won, and the top priority for zkEVMs should shift fully to security. To me that means formally verifying (i) equivalence of the arithmetization to the ethereum spec (ii) a hard maximum bound on (prover cost) / (amount of gas in block) (iii) security of the proof system itself firefly.social/post/x/211001…

Highlights from Token2049: ✦ Robinhood Chain went live on near.com and NEAR Intents ✦ Quantus Network’s post-quantum asset, QTC, debuted on near.com across 30+ chains ✦ NEAR and Quantus co-hosted Quantum + Privacy Day, broadcast live by The Rollup ✦ Industry turns to quantum security, with ML-DSA already live on NEAR mainnet ✦ Near One previews NEP-655 and a Q-Day Recovery Registry ✦ Illia made the case for AI and finance that are private by default ✦ Confidential Intents expanded to DarkSwap and Circuit ✦ New models on NEAR AI Cloud ✦ A House of Stake proposal to lower NEAR issuance ✦ New research from Bitwise, Grayscale, and Delphi Digital

NOT LONG NOW wNEAR rewards paused at 6am PST. We are getting ready for the DARK NEAR pool. NEAR CA is live. Bridge is live on RHEA. Our Zcash protocol funded pool bridging to seed liquidity. Missed wNEAR payouts catch up post-launch. Countdown is on. darkswap.app

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gm frens, @DarkSwapApp says its protocol-funded ZEC-DARK lp went from ~$5.86K to ~$48.08K tvl since oct 5. their own fine print: includes price moves, not an lp return. nfa, we hold $DARK. new money or just price? #crypto #solana #darkswap #Hoodicorns #NEAR

solana:7KEPApdbBMByrmqihz3bht2uMhFQcatjfSFQCKq66kH3 DD. as some of you probably noticed, i've taken an initial position in darkswap ($60K). before doing so, i went through their whitepaper v0.4, checked the product and spent some time talking directly with crasskitty, who answered a bunch of technical questions i had. ngl, i actually liked the transparency. so here's a quick preview of what i've found. what is darkswap actually building? basically, a privacy-focused cross-chain terminal that aims to bring different privacy technologies into one simple interface. and the idea is pretty straightforward. privacy tech is already complicated enough. most people don't want to deal with five different protocols just to move their money with some privacy. they want something that works. what's already live? darkswap currently offers two swap routes through near intents and houdini. you can swap from solana into supported networks like ethereum, base, arbitrum, bnb chain and others, depending on available liquidity and quotes. no account needed. you select your assets, review the quote, manually send the deposit and track the swap until completion or refund. darkswap itself doesn't custody your funds. but here's an important detail. private routing doesn't mean complete anonymity. the original deposit is still public, and the underlying providers can see certain transaction details. the team openly acknowledges those limitations. now, here's where the roadmap gets interesting. they're working toward confidential balances through near intents, where users could potentially deposit funds, hold a private balance, swap within that environment and withdraw later. that integration isn't secured yet, though. they also have their own zk shielded pools for solana, ethereum and base. according to the whitepaper, these are already built and tested locally. the architecture uses circom, groth16 and poseidon, with zk proofs generated in the browser. their local tests report proof generation around 2–5 seconds. pretty interesting tech if it performs similarly in production. but these pools are NOT live on mainnet yet. and that's something i want to emphasize. the team is already discussing audits with two security firms, but nothing has been finalized. public testnets, a proper trusted setup and independent security reviews still need to happen. what about solana:7KEPApdbBMByrmqihz3bht2uMhFQcatjfSFQCKq66kH3 tokenomics? this part caught my attention too. solana:7KEPApdbBMByrmqihz3bht2uMhFQcatjfSFQCKq66kH3 has no token transfer tax, but trading generates a 1% creator fee through its launch platform. according to the docs, half of that revenue is distributed to eligible holders in wNEAR, while the other half is used to acquire a bridged representation of ZEC for the treasury. there's also a ZEC/$DARK liquidity pool on met. and the longer-term idea is to direct fees from their future zk pools into that liquidity. more actual product usage could eventually mean more liquidity flowing into the token ecosystem. but those fee-routing contracts aren't implemented yet. so i'm treating that as a future catalyst, not something already generating value today. another thing worth mentioning is that the live near swap route has a configured 0.40% partner fee, with 0.20% allocated to darkswap under the standard arrangement. however, there's no verified public revenue dashboard for completed swaps yet. @Crasskitty told me they're already working on a reporting system, which i'd really like to see. so what's the actual thesis? usability + privacy infrastructure. when i asked what could make darkswap stand out in an increasingly crowded sector, crasskitty was pretty clear. their goal is to win through usability, credibility and execution. not by pretending they've invented every technology they integrate. and i think there's something interesting about that approach. crypto has plenty of technically impressive products that normal users will never touch because the ux is absolutely terrible. making complicated infrastructure accessible can be valuable on its own. but obviously, there's still a lot to prove. the zk pools need audits. the near confidential integration needs to be secured. real product adoption needs to be demonstrated. and the tokenomics still need to connect actual privacy usage with sustainable value for solana:7KEPApdbBMByrmqihz3bht2uMhFQcatjfSFQCKq66kH3. that's why i see this as an early, higher-risk bet rather than an established privacy business. what i liked most was the team's willingness to discuss those limitations instead of pretending everything is already finished. i've started with a relatively small position while i continue researching. there's potential here, but execution will decide everything. will be keeping an eye on the public testnets, audits, product metrics and what they actually ship over the next few months. privacy szn is getting interesting as fuck. solana:7KEPApdbBMByrmqihz3bht2uMhFQcatjfSFQCKq66kH3

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darkswap.app/docs yes :)

MEXC Meme+ Listing: $DARK @darkswapapp Trade $DARK: mexc.com/exchange/DARK_USDT mexc.com/exchange/DARK_USD1 Details 👉 mexc.com/announcements/artic…

$DARK | @DarkSwapApp has quietly gone from “interesting idea” to “there’s actually a lot being built here.”

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Confidential swaps on Solana, powered by @near_intents

Confidential Intents are now live on @DarkSwapApp. More confidential ways to swap from Solana, powered by NEAR Intents.

Massive endorsment for @DarkSwapApp directly from Near Intents. This is gonna be the defacto Solana - Near crossover, doesn’t hurt that is on the dying Stonk eco. Maybe they understand the opportunity and support something finally non vampable at this point.

$IXS is scary once you understand the distribution. It's easy to look at a slow rollout and assume nothing is happening. In reality the work some people call “slow” could be the reason IXS reprices so fast. A product is easier to launch than a distribution network is to build. IXS has spent years opening the doors to platforms that already have the customers. LINE, Binance Wallet and BitGo give you a sense of the buildout. Base and Robinhood Chain are in the expansion plans. Getting RWA yield through those doors takes licences, custody and approvals. Most of that work happens off the chart. My bet is that recognition comes in bursts. We’ve already seen how quickly $IXS can move. Sharp moves bring new eyes. Some look past the chart, dig into IXS’s distribution strategy and take bigger positions once they understand the scale. That move brings the next wave.. That's how this small-cap getting repriced as the RWA market grows into what Julian and the team prepared for. If I'm right, this won't get priced in slowly.

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