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Falcon Finance is taking another major step toward building a truly global collateral ecosystem. The protocol has added tokenized Mexican government bills (CETES)—issued on-chain by Etherfuse—to the USDf collateral base, marking Falcon’s first integration of a non-USD sovereign yield asset.
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The move comes during a period of rapid acceleration for Falcon. Since October, the platform has seen more than $700 million in new deposits and USDf mints, pushing USDf circulation past $2 billion. With CETES now live inside the system, Falcon is expanding beyond U.S. Treasuries into a broader universe of tokenized sovereign debt.
Bringing Mexican Sovereign Yield On-Chain
CETES represents short-duration Mexican government bills, tokenized through Etherfuse’s Stablebonds architecture—a transparent, bankruptcy-remote system that holds sovereign debt 1:1. The tokens are minted natively on Solana, enabling instant settlement, high-frequency minting, and full on-chain liquidity. Daily NAV updates track the exact value of the underlying bills.
For users, CETES unlock a new category of exposure: regulated sovereign yield outside the U.S. dollar, accessible directly from a crypto-native platform. Falcon’s collateral architecture now supports a mix of tokenized real-world assets, allowing users to hold:
Treasuries
Gold
Equities
CETES
and other tokenized instruments
All while using the portfolio as collateral to mint USDf, without needing to sell long-term positions.
“Adding CETES strengthens our ability to support diversified, yield-bearing RWA portfolios onchain. Users can hold tokenized Treasuries, gold, Mexican sovereign bills, or even a tokenized Tesla share—and at the same time unlock USDf liquidity and access DeFi yield. This is a practical step toward a unified collateral architecture built around real assets rather than a single asset class.”
Artem Tolkachev, Chief RWA Officer at Falcon Finance
Why Mexico Matters: A Global Market With Digital-First Infrastructure
Mexico is one of the largest remittance destinations worldwide, receiving nearly $65 billion annually, with 99% of inflows arriving through electronic transfers. This makes the country one of the world’s most natural markets for on-chain sovereign assets.
Tokenized CETES give users—especially those in remittance-heavy regions—the ability to:
Maintain exposure to local sovereign yield
Unlock dollar liquidity
Access global DeFi markets
Avoid selling core positions
It’s a powerful combination: local yield + USD liquidity + on-chain composability.
Etherfuse, the protocol issuing tokenized CETES, specializes in bringing emerging market bonds onchain in a way that remains tradable, self-custodied, and transparently backed by real government debt. Their Stablebonds architecture preserves the characteristics of traditional sovereign bills while enabling instant, programmable settlement in DeFi.
“Our goal is to make high-quality sovereign instruments globally accessible in a programmable format. CETES are backed by real short-duration government paper, issued natively on Solana, and built for instant liquidity. Falcon’s integration shows how tokenized sovereign instruments can power real utility across DeFi.”
Dave Taylor, CEO of Etherfuse
Strengthening USDf’s Multi-Collateral Foundation
For Falcon, CETES introduces a new layer of resilience to the USDf system. The asset operates within a Basel-aligned analytical framework:
short maturity
transparent sovereign credit profile
no structural leverage
clearly defined risk characteristics
By incorporating a non-USD sovereign instrument, Falcon diversifies risk across geographies and currencies while maintaining clarity around valuation and liquidity. Users who mint USDf with CETES keep exposure to Mexican sovereign yield, creating a more flexible, global, and risk-balanced collateral model.
This also reflects Falcon’s broader mission: building infrastructure where any liquid asset—digital or real-world—can become onchain liquidity. Institutions, protocols, and capital allocators can unlock USDf against tokenized assets they already hold, whether those are Treasuries, gold, equities, or sovereign debt from markets like Mexico.
