Do you really think you're "watching real-time on the chain"? Lately, I find it increasingly funny... Many times what you see is actually "someone else's interpretation of the on-chain data."

Nodes can get stuck, RPCs can rate-limit, and indexers might silently be a few minutes late when chasing blocks, replaying, or missing events. You focus on the stablecoin flow of a certain address, and just as a large transfer pops up on the page, you get a jolt and check the original transaction hash, only to find it was confirmed in a block long ago, but your interface just now remembered to update.

So recently, people compare RWA, US Treasury yields, and on-chain yield products all together. I’m not saying you can’t compare... but first, clarify whether the "data is from the same moment." Otherwise, what you think you're assessing as risk is actually just latency. Anyway, I now get into the habit of opening two RPCs and cross-checking; if it's slow, so be it—just don’t get misled by fake real-time updates.