Just looking at the IBC / cross-chain messaging system, the more I watch, the more I feel like walking on a wooden bridge in the rain: it's not just trusting "the bridge itself," but also trusting the consensus of both chains, avoiding bugs in the light client, preventing relayers from going offline (or pretending to be dead), and adding a bunch of timeout/replay protection to avoid my slip-ups... To put it simply, each cross-chain transfer is trusting a series of components' emotional stability. Then the community compares RWA, US bond yields, and on-chain yield products together; I find it both amusing and a bit frustrating: the yields are written as if it's a sunny day, but if the cross-chain layer leaks rain, no matter how big the umbrella, it won't help. Anyway, my cross-chain work is always a step behind; I prefer to look a few more times before acting, to avoid getting buried again.