Upshift is a multi-chain, institutional-grade vault infrastructure platform enabling wallets, exchanges, and neobanks to launch custom vaults spanning DeFi yield, RWAs, and PayFi. With TradFi-grade risk controls on 30+ chains, it reached $550M TVL at peak and is now expanding its vault standard to Stellar.
Upshift Gamma USDC is live on @solana. A native Solana USDC vault curated by @Gamma_Research_, opening with more than $7M in deposits. Its initial strategy lends to and loops multiple RWA markets on @kamino.
BlackRock's BUIDL only takes US qualified purchasers investing at least $5M. A stablecoin vault can hold the same kind of fund for a fintech, with a USDC buffer next to it that pays withdrawals at weekends, when fund redemptions are closed.
Upshift +391% TVL on Solana in one week.
Visa's stablecoin settlement run rate passed $20B in September, up more than 15x in a year. Payment companies pre-fund their payout partners so payouts land in minutes instead of days. As more of that settles in stablecoins, the pre-funded balance can earn in a stablecoin vault…
