🔹Future cAssets

The first generation of mapped assets - cDFI and cUSDC - proved that Crypto Factor’s model for creating decentralised, portable value works in practice. Each was designed around the unique characteristics of its native chain, and both have become foundational components of the Interchain Mesh.

• cDFI was built as a swap-based model. Because DeFiChain operates with two layers - the EVM-compatible MetaChain (DMC) and the native DVM layer where Masternode staking occurs - direct delegation was not technically possible. Instead, users exchange DFI for cDFI. The DFI received is committed by Crypto Factor into Masternodes, while users hold cDFI as their mapped asset. This design ensures cDFI is fully backed, economically active, and transferable across chains without exposing users to intermediaries.

• cUSDC follows a different logic. Since USDC is not a staking asset, it is mapped via a stand-alone smart contract, similar in concept to WETH. Users lock USDC 1:1 into the contract, which mints cUSDC in return. No party owns or intermediates the locked balance - it is governed entirely by protocol code. This ensures cUSDC functions as a stable and reliable liquidity backbone across cAsset pools.

These designs reflect the flexibility of the mapped asset model. Rather than forcing one template onto every chain, cAssets adapt to the native logic of the underlying token, always preserving the principles of programmability, transparency, and decentralisation.

The Next Generation: Delegation-Based cAssets

Future cAssets, such as cMPC and cPOL, will extend this model further. On chains that support direct delegation, users will be able to pledge their native assets to validators through protocol vaults and mint cAssets in return.

This model carries three important benefits:

• Native Alignment: The underlying asset continues to secure its home chain by being delegated to validators.

• Mapped Utility: The user receives a portable, Interchain-ready cAsset (e.g., cMPC, cPOL) that can be used across liquidity pools, governance systems, and collateral frameworks.

• Yield Inheritance: Staking rewards generated by the delegated assets flow back into the cAsset model, enabling naturally boosted APRs for participants.

This delegation model represents the cleanest realisation of the mapped asset vision: fully trustless, permissionless, and protocol-native.

Examples of Upcoming cAssets

• cMPC: mapping Partisia’s native token, pledged to validator nodes, and extending its governance and liquidity reach across the Interchain Mesh.

• cPOL: mapping Polygon’s validator token, aligning with its shared security model to Ethereum, and mobilising validator commitments into liquidity and collateral use cases.

Future Horizons

As the model evolves, new opportunities will emerge:

• Multi-validator delegation directly embedded into cAsset contracts.

• Privacy-enhanced staking pools using Partisia’s MPC protocols.

• Validator-to-layer participation (e.g., POL → Ethereum) reflected directly in mapped asset yields.

Each generation of cAssets - whether swap-based, contract-based, or delegation-based - reinforces the same principle: protocol logic over intermediaries, mapped assets over custodial claims.