Latest Announcements

Insights, updates, and product notes from the Upshift team — covering vault infrastructure, onchain finance, integrations, and the future of programmable yield

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For Institutions & Asset Issuers
04 Aug 2026

How to tier vault strategies by risk

Three risk tiers for a vault programme, with leverage as the measurable axis and dated returns for live vaults.

Risk Management
Institutional
Vaults
DeFi Yield
For Institutions & Asset Issuers
04 Aug 2026

Who does what in an onchain vault?

Who brings the capital, who sets the mandate, who allocates it, and what the vault infrastructure controls.

Institutional
Vaults
Non-custodial
ERC-4626
For Institutions & Asset Issuers
For Fintechs & Neobanks
04 Aug 2026

How companies earn yield on idle treasury cash

Six ways to earn yield on idle treasury cash compared: fixed-term funds, T-bill ladders, embedded APIs, tokenised MMFs and onchain vaults.

Vaults
Institutional
Stablecoins
Yield Vaults
Risk Management
For Institutions & Asset Issuers
04 Aug 2026

How to launch your own onchain vault

The path from strategy idea to live vault: what you supply, the sequence, who holds which keys, and what is hard to change afterwards.

Vaults
Institutional
Risk Management
Non-custodial
Upshift
For Institutions & Asset Issuers
04 Aug 2026

How to use an onchain vault in a treasury product

How a vault fits a treasury or fund product: in-kind subscription and redemption, how it compares to an ETP, fees, and what to decide first.

Vaults
Institutional
Stablecoins
Risk Management
ERC-4626
Concepts & Education
04 Aug 2026

DeFi yield strategies: mechanics, risk and returns

The seven yield strategies onchain vaults run, what risk each one takes, and how to compare returns that aren't comparable.

DeFi Yield
Yield Vaults
Lending
Risk Management
Stablecoin Yield
For Institutions & Asset Issuers
04 Aug 2026

What is an onchain vault? A treasury team's guide

What an onchain vault does, who holds the assets, how money moves in and out, and how it compares to a tokenised money market fund.

Vaults
ERC-4626
Institutional
Non-custodial
Stablecoins
Concepts & Education
03 Aug 2026

How a new blockchain ecosystem grows TVL and DeFi liquidity

Incentives buy TVL that leaves. Here's how ecosystems build DeFi liquidity that survives the end of the emissions programme.

Stablecoin Yield
Yield Vaults
earnAUSD
Monad
For Fintechs & Neobanks
03 Aug 2026

How neobanks and fintechs offer stablecoin yield

The three models for adding a yield product to a fintech app, what each one requires, and where the yield actually comes from.

Stablecoin Yield
Vaults
Regulation
For Fintechs & Neobanks
03 Aug 2026

How card programs earn yield on customer float

Card issuers hold float between authorisation and settlement. Here's how that balance earns yield without slowing approvals.

Stablecoin Yield
Vaults
Institutional
Announcements
29 Jul 2026

Axis opens its arbitrage book through a USDC/USDT pre-deposit vault on Upshift

The Axis Origin pre-deposit vault is now live, powered by Upshift. It will later migrate to a DeFi yield vault using Axis' USDx asset.

DeFi Yield
Non-custodial
Stablecoin Yield
For Institutions & Asset Issuers
Announcements
15 Jul 2026

How Kraken Institutional clients can access onchain yield from within custody

Kraken Institutional has partnered with Upshift to launch custom, permissioned vaults that let eligible clients put idle treasury assets to work in curated onchain strategies, directly from qualified custody.

Institutional
Vaults
For Institutions & Asset Issuers
Announcements
28 May 2026

Securitize Fund Services and Upshift Partner to Deliver Institutional-Grade Reporting for Onchain Vaults

Applies institutional fund administration, independent reporting, allocation tracking, and performance transparency, to onchain vaults

Upshift
Vaults
Yield Vaults
Institutional
Risk Management
For Institutions & Asset Issuers
28 May 2026

How the GENIUS Act and CLARITY Act reshape stablecoin yield

The GENIUS Act bans issuer-paid stablecoin yield, and the CLARITY Act extends the ban to exchanges. DeFi vaults and lending remain compliant. Here's what changed.

Regulation
Stablecoin Yield
Stablecoins
DeFi Yield
Vaults
Concepts & Education
28 May 2026

Best crypto cards that earn real yield on your balance in 2026

Beyond cashback: how crypto cards now earn 4-14% APY on your idle balance through DeFi vault infrastructure, and which cards actually do it.

Vaults
Stablecoin Yield
DeFi Yield
Non-custodial
Lending
Concepts & Education
28 May 2026

How to earn yield on stablecoins in 2026

Compare every way to earn yield on stablecoins in 2026: DeFi lending, curated vaults, CeFi lending, LP provision, and basis trades. Risks, APY ranges, and how to choose.

Stablecoin Yield
Stablecoins
DeFi Yield
Lending
Liquidity Provision
Concepts & Education
28 May 2026

How traditional asset managers are controlling risk in DeFi

Policy engines enforce investment mandates at the smart contract layer. They are a key component to how onchain asset management is rebuilding institutional controls in code.

Risk Management
Institutional
Non-custodial
ERC-4626
Smart Contract Risk
Concepts & Education
28 May 2026

Why every financial product will run on vaults

DeFi vaults power more than yield. From Earn products to payments to RWA liquidity, vaults are becoming the infrastructure layer for onchain finance.

Vaults
Yield Vaults
ERC-4626
DeFi Yield
Stablecoin Yield
Concepts & Education
28 May 2026

What are DeFi yield vaults? Strategies, risks, and how to choose

How DeFi vaults work, the strategies they run, how curators manage risk, and what to evaluate before depositing.

Yield Vaults
DeFi Yield
ERC-4626
Lending
Liquidity Provision
Announcements
27 May 2026

What is Monad? The parallel EVM blockchain explained

Monad is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain with parallel execution, 10,000 TPS, and sub-second finality. Learn how it works and how to earn yield on Monad.

Monad
DeFi Yield
earnAUSD
AUSD
Vaults
Upshift Vault Guides
Announcements
27 May 2026

earnUSDnr Launches as the Primary Stablecoin Yield Strategy on Fluent Mainnet

Curated by SharpByte Capital, the vault goes live on day one of Fluent's Mainnet with lending optimization and a roadmap into RWA looping.

earnUSDnr
Fluent
Stablecoin Yield
Vaults
Lending
Upshift Vault Guides
27 May 2026

Earning stablecoin yield on Monad with earnAUSD

How to earn yield on your AUSD and USDC stablecoins on Monad

earnAUSD
AUSD
Monad
Stablecoin Yield
Stablecoins
Upshift Vault Guides
15 May 2026

Flare XRP yield: how XRP vaults on Flare work

How to earn yield on XRP through vaults on Flare, what earnXRP does with your FXRP, how deposits and withdrawals work, and the risks.

earnXRP
XRP
Flare
Vaults
DeFi Yield
For Fintechs & Neobanks
15 May 2026

What is Upshift?

Overview of Upshift's vault offering

Upshift
Vaults
Yield Vaults
DeFi Yield
Non-custodial