Macroeconomic distortion, liquidity restructuring, and the repricing of real returns

In a world that is "no longer reliable," how do we understand the position of secure assets and R2?

I. When macroeconomic data begins to become distorted, the real problems in the market are just beginning.

In November, the U.S. unadjusted CPI rose 2.7% year-on-year, significantly lower than the previous value of 3.0% and the market expectation of 3.1% .

On the surface, this is an ideal report showing "a significant drop in inflation and room for interest rate cuts."

The problem is that this is not data that can be unconditionally trusted .

On December 19, John Williams , President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a permanent voting member of the FOMC, gave a clear indication that the November CPI of 2.7% was affected by "technical factors," and that the current policy interest rate of 3.5%–3.75% was in a favorable position. There was no need to rush to cut interest rates further, and it was necessary to wait for the December data to verify the true trend of inflation.

This is a very typical and very important signal. It does not deny the data itself, but it does not deny its guiding significance for policy paths .

In the context of the US government shutdown in October, using data from earlier months to "extract" the missing period and assuming zero growth inherently relies heavily on technical assumptions. This approach might smooth the inflation path in the short term, but it's hardly convincing.

• Officials within the Federal Reserve who still insist on independent judgment
• It is even more difficult to convince market participants who truly understand the structure of inflation.

what does that mean?

When macroeconomic data is technically manipulated, policymakers tend to be more cautious . Maintaining interest rates unchanged is often the more probable option in the absence of sufficiently credible verification.

Macroeconomics hasn't become simpler; it's just become more unreliable .

Second, geopolitical risks have once again become an "inflation variable," rather than just noise.

If data distortion affects the credibility of policy judgments, then geopolitical conflicts affect the structure of inflation itself.

The United States has recently intensified its blockade against Venezuela, seizing a third oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude oil, even though the tanker was flying the flag of a Panamanian state-owned enterprise. This action has substantially reduced the number of Venezuelan ships leaving port and has begun to affect its financial situation.

The United States' intentions are not complicated: to besiege the Maduro regime through sustained financial pressure .

However, at the same time, the market is reassessing another, more dangerous risk line: multiple sources indicate that Israel is assessing the possibility of another strike against Iran, citing the possibility that Iran's monthly missile production may have reached 3,000 .

In the previous round of the conflict between Israel and Iran, Iran launched a large-scale missile counterattack, which substantially breached Israel's air defense system, ultimately forcing the United States to intervene directly and use B-2 bombers to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, which temporarily brought the conflict to a halt.

If Israel chooses to launch a surprise attack without a declaration of war this time, Iran will most likely retaliate with a high-intensity missile strike. Even if its missile stockpile has decreased compared to the last time, it would still be enough to inflict real damage on Israel, thus forcing the United States to intervene more deeply once again.

This will trigger a series of chain reactions:

• The Middle East remains the core region of the petrodollar system.
• Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, and the Suez Canal will increase significantly.
• Even under the macro narrative of "oversupply," crude oil prices may still rebound sharply.
• Imported inflation is re-entering the global price system, impacting the path of US inflation.

In this environment, the intensity of the US blockade against Venezuela may be forced to adjust, and the geopolitical landscape will enter a new state of uncertainty.

The macro world is shifting from algorithm-driven optimistic expectations back to a risk-driven reality structure .

III. In such an environment, what truly constitutes a "valid" benefit?

When data credibility declines, geopolitical risks resurface, and the path of monetary policy becomes highly uncertain, the core issues that the market is focusing on have changed.

It's no longer: "Can we cut interest rates one more time?"

Instead:

• Which benefits are independent of policy direction?
• Which cash flows do not depend on secondary market liquidity?
• Which assets remain viable in an environment of high interest rates and high uncertainty?

The answer is not new; it has long existed in the real world:

• Short-duration US Treasury bonds
• Credit assets with a clear cash flow path
• Trade and consumer financial assets with clear structure and defined maturity

What is truly scarce is not the assets themselves, but how to bring them onto the blockchain in a transparent, verifiable, and executable manner.

IV. R2's role: not to predict the world, but to adapt to it.

What R2 does is provide a more certain payoff structure during a period of policy fluctuations, geopolitical instability, and data distortion:

• Regardless of whether an interest rate cut occurs
• Not creating the illusion of secondary market liquidity
• No commitment to sources of revenue that cannot be explained.

R2 focuses on benefits that already exist in the real world:

• Treasury bonds and credit assets with fixed terms
• Traceable and liquidable cash flows
• The yield structure that is inherently valid in a high-interest-rate environment

When CPI is technically distorted, when inflation is again influenced by geopolitical variables, and when monetary policy has to proceed cautiously, the importance of real returns is amplified rather than diminished.

In conclusion: From "winning once" to "long-term success"

The macro world is undergoing a critical turning point:

• Data is no longer inherently reliable
• Risk is no longer far away
• Policies are no longer one-way

In such an environment, what truly matters is no longer "betting on the right direction once," but rather constructing a profit structure that works in most macroeconomic scenarios .

R2's goal is not to predict how the world will change, but to ensure that , no matter how the world changes, users understand what their funds are doing, where the returns come from, and how the risks are controlled . This is the truly scarce capability of the next stage.