Overview
Pulse Protocol is a personal project exploring the DeFi app I want to use myself: a way to find yield opportunities for my USDC across chains while managing everything from one wallet on Injective.
The idea is to turn that USDC yield into Bitcoin, steadily accumulating sats and putting them to work through BTC staking protocols across chains. One balance generates yield that builds another.
My focus is on making those opportunities easier to access and manage, with clear visibility into where funds are deployed and the risks involved. The aim is to reduce the complexity and wallet connections needed to manage a cross-chain strategy, while keeping risk central to the experience.
The challenge
Finding yield across chains means comparing changing rates, bridging assets and managing positions in several apps. Each new wallet connection and token approval adds another permission to understand and manage, and malicious apps or approvals can put wallet assets at risk. The design challenge was to keep the starting point on Injective, make the route to yield understandable, and give users visibility into their allocation, earnings and exit options.
The outcome
The updated prototype centres the experience on native USDC on Injective. The landing page explains the journey from deposit to cross-chain allocation, while the product provides clear controls to add to a position, withdraw liquidity, claim fees or compound earnings.
An optional BTC Vault gives users another choice for their earnings: convert earned yield into WBTC and track it separately from their USDC deposit. The interface makes that choice explicit instead of making BTC exposure part of the default deposit flow.
The result is a working front-end MVP for exploring and testing the product direction.
