History of the Future | Assets Awakening

"Grandpa, was money just money before?"

In 2046, I looked at the flowing asset data on the holographic screen, feeling a bit confused.

Grandpa pulled out a sealed blockchain record. "Look at this, a turning point in 2026. That's when people's BNB first truly came alive."

The record clearly states: someone deposited 1 BNB into the protocol. Then things started to change—

BNB was mapped to slisBNB, which retained the original rights and could generate a continuous yield of 7.2%. More importantly, it became a credit anchor, allowing low-interest (1.98%) loans of stablecoins lisUSD for spending. And those lisUSD weren’t just sitting idle—they could be invested into RWA asset pools to earn a government bond yield of 3.65%.

"Do you understand?" Grandpa pointed to the historical data of a "slisBNB/U Strategy." "27.52% annualized return. One asset, doing three things at the same time—staking, lending, and derivative investing. Jumping from 100% capital utilization to over 300%."

"Is this called a 'Clone Protocol'?" I asked.

"Exactly. That was the first awakening of financial AI at the time."

The story that followed was like a domino effect. In 2028, the on-chain credit system of the protocol was implemented, and real-world assets flooded onto the chain on a large scale. By 2035, this framework had become the standard tool for cross-chain finance.

But all of this started so simply—just a group of people who didn’t want their BNB to sleep in their wallets for nothing.

Grandpa turned off the file. "Child, remember one thing. The future isn’t about creating more assets, but about making each asset capable of surviving in multiple valuable 'present moments' at the same time."

That’s what that group was doing. The questions they asked have now become a chapter in history textbooks.