Kaskad’s Promise: Zero Idle Capital
Kaskad starts from a simple premise: every asset you own—crypto, stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets—should either earn yield or remain instantly spendable without a forced sale.
Three technology layers make that possible:
- Kaspa, an ultra-fast Layer 1
A Proof-of-Work BlockDAG pushing 10 blocks per second with sub-second finality. Transaction fees are measured in ten-thousandths of a cent, so micro-transactions finally make economic sense. - Kasplex Bridge, a “based ZK” gateway
Built with Kasplex, the bridge posts zero-knowledge proofs to Ethereum, bringing native USDC—and soon any EVM asset—onto Kaspa with no multisig custody and virtually no latency. - A Real-Time Lombard Engine
Deposit your $KAS as collateral; the engine recalculates its value every second and issues an instant credit line in USDT or USDC. When you tap the Kaskard, a flash loan fires, the purchase settles, and you still hold the upside on your KAS.
A Live MVP—Proving the Point
Since spring, a semi-manual V1 has been running in production: a back-office Lombard desk, a non-custodial front end, and a multisource oracle stack. Capped at $250 k in liquidity, the pilot is waiting to process.
Bottom Line
Kaskad aims to turn every wallet into an instant margin account: assets earn yield while idle and back a credit line the moment you spend. With near-zero fees and sub-second finality, the platform tackles crypto’s biggest inefficiency—idle capital—head on, promising to put every dollar, satoshi, or tokenized share to work in real time.
