DeFi made yield visible, but not necessarily understandable. What used to be hidden inside bank products is now displayed in real time dashboards, APY counters, and auto-compounding interfaces. But clarity is often an illusion. The easier it becomes to “earn yield,” the less people tend to ask where it actually comes from.The Illusion of Simple YieldAt first glance, DeFi feels refreshingly straightforward. You deposit assets, you see a number on a dashboard, and that number slowly grows. Some...