Coinmerce Capital Launches First DeFi Vault on Upshift We're bringing our institutional strategies onchain through non-custodial vault infrastructure Institutional crypto asset managers are moving their strategies into onchain vaults: Bitwise launched on Morpho in January and vault managers like Sentora and Clearstar curate hundreds of millions on Upshift. Now Coinmerce Capital, one of the Netherlands' first crypto investment funds, has launched its first DeFi vault. The USDC multi-strategy vault is live on HyperEVM, co-curated with Clearstar, and built on Upshift's non-custodial vault infrastructure. Who we are Founded in 2018, we were among the first Dutch crypto investment funds. We manage $60M+ in AUM across directional and market neutral strategies. Our flagship fund has outperformed Bitcoin since inception and the CCI 30 index, serving institutional investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. Until now, accessing our strategies required a €100,000 minimum investment. Through Upshift's vault infrastructure, those strategies are permissionless for the first time. Any user can deposit USDC with no minimum. How the vault works We jointly curate the vault with Clearstar, designing and executing a multi-strategy approach that includes: Leveraged lending across HyperEVM protocols HYPE basis trading and staking arbitrage Cross-chain yield optimization via bridging to other EVM chains We act as curators, not custodians. Your capital stays in Upshift's non-custodial vault contracts, never in omnibus accounts. Strategy execution happens through Upshift's subaccount infrastructure, with an onchain policy engine enforcing risk limits at the protocol, chain, and token level. You can verify exactly where your capital is deployed at any time. Why HyperEVM We chose HyperEVM as our first vault chain based on a simple thesis: growing onchain activity, strong builder momentum around HIP-3 (perps for every asset) and HIP-4 (prediction markets), and relatively few institutional USDC yield products compared to the capital entering the ecosystem. As HyperEVM's DeFi layer expands, USDC deposited in the vault can be deployed across new protocols and strategies as they launch, giving depositors exposure to the ecosystem's growth. What's next We plan to launch additional vaults on Upshift, expanding our DeFi presence beyond this initial deployment. For users looking for institutional-grade USDC yield on HyperEVM, the vault is live now. https://app.upshift.finance/pools/999/0xcfe06d2499aE635830D11859941e76354D5717CC Upshift builds non-custodial vault infrastructure enabling exchanges, asset managers, and institutions to launch yield products across 30+ chains. $550M+ TVL across 40+ vaults. Backed by Dragonfly.**