You're being paid 24.7% to absorb price risk. Only ~24.7% of it is real fees — and they stop covering impermanent loss if USDC-CBBTC diverges more than the pair moves.
Real fee/staking yield: 24.7% · token emissions: 0% of the headline.
The real fees here (~24.7%) can beat holding if USDC-CBBTC stays calm, but a sharp divergence flips that. It's a genuine short-volatility bet, not free income.
Source: DefiLlama. Verdict is a heuristic over public data, not financial advice.