Corporate, exchange and protocol treasuries earn onchain yield in a vault built for them alone, with limits, timelocks and reporting their finance team controls.
Yes. A whitelisted vault can take deposits from your treasury wallets only.
Parameter changes such as fees go through a timelock configured per vault, and the owner is a multisig.
Positions and NAV are readable onchain, and third-party reporting is available on request.
A liquid buffer pays normal withdrawals straight away, and larger amounts exit through fund redemptions or an instant oracle-priced sale.
Lending vaults can lend to vetted borrowers against collateral, with limits set by the mandate.
| Building it yourself | With Upshift | |
| Where cash sits | Bank deposits or idle stablecoins | A vault only your treasury can deposit into |
| Yield | Move money offchain to buy bills | Tokenized T-bills and lending, held in stablecoins |
| Controls | Trust the provider | Owner multisig, configurable timelock, onchain limits |
| Visibility | Statements after the fact | Positions and NAV readable onchain at any time |
| Exits | Banking hours and settlement days | A liquid buffer, plus fund redemptions or instant exits |
| Contracts | Build and audit your own | Live contracts with 10 audits by 6 firms |
Choose the assets, limits and timelock the vault runs under.
Your finance and compliance teams work through the data room and DDQ answers.
Upshift deploys a whitelisted vault with your treasury as the only depositor.
Positions and NAV are readable onchain, with reports on request.
Kraken Institutional clients allocate into permissioned vaults from their qualified custody account. Read the Kraken Institutional case study or how companies earn yield on treasury cash.
Yes. A whitelisted vault can accept deposits from your treasury wallets only.
Parameter changes such as the management fee go through a timelock configured per vault. Code upgrades are approved by a separate multisig.
Upshift vaults are non-custodial. The vault contract holds the assets, and curators can only move funds between whitelisted protocols.
Yes. A vault can hold tokenized Treasury bill and money market funds alongside a liquid stablecoin buffer.
No. Vault rates float with market conditions.
Kraken Institutional clients can allocate into permissioned vaults from their qualified custody account.
Tell us which balances you hold and the limits you work under. We'll come back with a vault setup and the review material your finance team will need.