The Trump administration's tariff policies shook the markets. The announcement of punitive tariffs of up to 25% on EU countries was immediately met with Europe's declaration to activate countermeasures, nearly causing a breakdown in the global trade landscape.

This is not just a verbal threat—supply chains are under pressure, inflation expectations are rising, and the correlation risks of financial assets are soaring. Whenever geopolitical conflicts intensify, traditional investment portfolios tend to suffer simultaneous declines. Assets relying on cross-border settlements and susceptible to policy impacts are the most vulnerable.

Amid this chaos, on-chain financial infrastructure has demonstrated remarkable resilience. Blockchain protocols are inherently unaffected by regional tariff policies, allowing capital flows with zero restrictions. For example, a leading DeFi platform's locked-in assets surpassed $43 billion in early 2026—reflecting the urgent demand from institutional and individual investors for "non-correlated hedging tools."

How does this work? The RWA (Real-World Asset) market on such platforms enables users to directly hold tokenized US Treasury yield rights, with an annualized return of about 3.65%, effectively bringing the most stable assets of traditional finance onto the blockchain. Meanwhile, its stablecoin lending network offers interest rates as low as 1.85%, far better than bank fixed deposits. In other words—this approach can anchor the stability of the US dollar while achieving capital efficiency beyond traditional finance.

When the trade bridges of the real world are "tripped" by tariffs, blockchain is building a value flow channel unaffected by geopolitical interference. Free capital movement and continuous compounding of returns—this is the right posture to respond to global uncertainties.