I’ve been watching TermMax again lately, and the biggest change for me is V2 becoming much more usable. The May 27 launch unified orders, markets across chains, and added limit orders across every market, reducing the friction around finding and executing fixed-rate positions.
The Morpho integration is another piece I find interesting. Unmatched TermMax limit-order capital can earn floating yield through Morpho until a fixed-rate order is filled, which directly addresses the problem of idle liquidity rather than just adding another integration for the sake of it.
TermMax is also pushing beyond basic lending with Alpha on BNB Chain, including liquidation-free long/short exposure and dual-investment products. The RWA direction is expanding too, with Ondo stock tokens being used as collateral for borrowing or lending markets.
But I’m still separating product progress from proven adoption. The architecture is becoming more practical, yet deeper liquidity, sustained usage and reliable execution across markets are what will determine whether this becomes genuinely useful infrastructure rather than another feature-heavy DeFi protocol.
My confidence has improved because the updates are solving real UX and capital-efficiency problems. What I still want to see is durable liquidity and usage without depending heavily on incentives; stronger evidence there would materially change my view on TermMax.
I’ve been watching Dusk closely again, and the recent progress looks more like infrastructure being hardened than a flashy headline. Rusk 1.7.1 shipped in June, while the wallet and core stack have continued receiving updates into July.
The bigger signal for me is the developer layer. Dusk Connect and the new multi-platform wallet are designed to make wallet discovery, account access and transaction signing easier for dApps, which directly removes some friction for builders.
I’m also paying attention to the EVM and interoperability work. Dusk’s public repositories show continued development around DuskEVM and Hyperlane tooling, suggesting the ecosystem is trying to make Dusk easier to build on and connect with—not just improve the base chain.
But I wouldn’t call this proof of real-world adoption yet. The recent engineering activity is meaningful, while the harder question remains whether developers actually deploy useful applications and whether institutional workflows generate sustained onchain activity.
My confidence has improved slightly because the pieces are becoming more usable, but I’m still waiting for stronger evidence beyond infrastructure progress. For me, meaningful production deployments, sustained usage and verifiable institutional settlement would materially change my view.
So the question remains: are these updates moving Dusk toward real-world usefulness, or are they still mostly incremental progress? Right now, I’d say the direction is encouraging—but the proof still has to come from usage.
またDuskを注意深く見ていて、最新の進捗によって「実世界での有用性 vs incrementalな進歩」という問いがより面白くなってきました。Dusk Connectの4月ローンチと、新しいマルチプラットフォーム・ウォレットは、実用面での具体的なギャップを埋めます。dAppsが専用SDKを通じてウォレットを検出し、アカウントを要求し、署名を処理できるようになったのです。