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March 6, 2025

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Building an Institutional-Grade Security Posture at Gauntlet

Key Takeaways

Our work in curation, ecosystem optimization, and DeFi governance requires robust security processes to safeguard our employees and our onchain actions. With $700M+ supplied to Gauntlet-curated vaults and $35B+ in assets we monitor for our partners, we have built an institutional-grade security posture to instill confidence in our vaults while protecting our onchain operations. This entails deploying internal infrastructure and building a network of security partners that are leaders in onchain threat prevention and detection, tracing onchain funds, and are at the forefront of security research and intelligence.

We currently integrate with a range of providers, including zeroShadow, Hypernative, and Chainalysis. Today, we outline the role each plays within our security stack.

zeroShadow provides holistic Web3 security services that help with prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Acting as an extension of our security team, zeroShadow’s 24/7 Virtual Security Operations Center (vSOC) is always on standby to receive, triage, escalate alerts, and initiate the tracing, freezing, and recovery process when necessary. With a strong track record in Incident Response, we look forward to working proactively with the zeroShadow team.

Hypernative offers real-time onchain risk monitoring and automated response solutions. The platform uses sophisticated and battle-tested machine learning models, heuristics, simulations, and graph-based detections to accurately identify threats. These capabilities ensure we have time to respond before exploits can do damage. Their system monitors a range of vectors, including security, technical, financial, and governance risks. Hypernative detected 99.5% of hacks last year with less than 0.001% false positive rate, saving $2B of funds to date.

Chainalysis is a blockchain analytics platform and a leader in tracing onchain funds, helping the industry monitor and restrict the activities of bad actors. Their tools enable us to identify potentially suspicious activity across blockchains, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while protecting the protocols we engage with from financial crime risks.

Our approach to security integrates battle-tested solutions with multiple layers of protection. Through partnerships with industry leaders, we've established a security posture that adapts to the evolving threat landscape while maintaining operational efficiency. This provides a secure framework for Gauntlet-curated vaults and supports our goal to drive adoption across DeFi.

Security is fundamental to our mission to advance DeFi through trusted curation, governance, and ecosystem optimization. As blockchain technology and its associated risks continue to evolve, so too will our security practices, ensuring we remain at the forefront of both innovation and onchain security.

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  • By selecting the Gauntlet USDC Balanced on Mainnet, BTCS benefits from Gauntlet’s risk management systems and quantitative modeling to capture sustainable DeFi returns.
  • This latest collaboration supports BTCS’s goal of building sustainable DeFi strategies with their Imperium initiative to drive long-term value through 2026 and beyond. 
  • Public companies are increasingly targeting onchain DeFi strategies through Gauntlet Vaults, and digital asset companies like BTCS are leading the way.

Today, NASDAQ-listed BTCS Inc. announced that it has deployed funds into Gauntlet Vaults on Morpho, marking another step forward as the company expands its DeFi operations through its Imperium business line. Public companies are increasingly targeting onchain DeFi strategies through Gauntlet Vaults, and digital asset companies like BTCS are leading the way.

Gauntlet USDC Balanced on Mainnet is the first vault on Morpho to which BTCS has deployed funds. By selecting Gauntlet-curated vaults, BTCS benefits from Gauntlet’s risk management systems and quantitative modeling to capture sustainable DeFi returns.

<h2 chapter-beat="remove">Competitive yield strategies with USDC Balanced Vaults</h2>

Our Balanced Vaults run competitive strategies that allocate supply across a blend of large- and lower-cap collateralized markets while ensuring exposure to any one asset remains within defined risk parameters. All our vaults benefit from our robust curation framework, which includes rigorous due diligence, 24/7 liquidity and utilization monitoring, and continuous stress testing against volatility and liquidity shocks.

We equip investors, builders, and token issuers with data-driven strategies to confidently allocate over $1.7 billion onchain, leveraging eight years of cryptoeconomic research and quantitative modeling. Our risk models support top protocols in the space with over $48 billion in DeFi TVL.

This latest collaboration supports BTCS’s goal of building sustainable DeFi strategies with Imperium to drive long-term value through 2026 and beyond. 

Institutions are moving onchain with Gauntlet

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

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Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

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Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Institutions are moving onchain with Gauntlet

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

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