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March 12, 2026

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Introducing Gauntlet Affiliate: Upside for Every Fintech Builder

Key Takeaways

Now, founders, builders, and communities can share in the upside of offering onchain yield to their users. Today, we introduce Gauntlet Affiliate. Sign up and directly integrate Gauntlet Strategies into your application. Refer Total Value Locked (TVL) to our vaults. Earn up to double-digit basis points of rewards on an annualized basis, settled quarterly. Pave the way for future partnership opportunities with the most vigilant quants in crypto.

How it works

It’s easy to get turnkey yield from the minds of DeFi gigabrains straight to your user's pockets. Here’s how:

Step 1, apply
: Gauntlet evaluates your application based on your time to launch, use case, and expected TVL. Use our contact form and indicate interest in the Gauntlet Affiliate program.

Step 2, sign and setup: We work with you to establish tracking and attribution. We have an agreement that won’t bog you down: no matter how you want to offer yield, when you or your users tap in Gauntlet vaults, you’ll be rewarded. Settlement occurs quarterly.

Step 3, launch and earn
: Get support with your GTM motion, advice on your yield offering as you grow TVL, and we help highlight your project, too. In addition, get a first look at new products and offerings. Growing from an affiliate to a client? We scale our commercial and partner support with you. 

Who we work with

Gauntlet Strategies power fintech earn programs, treasuries, yield aggregation strategies and more from some of the top financial institutions in the world. Vaults scale up and down – now you can make idle capital on your platform or application more productive. Some examples of who we work with already: 

  • Onchain agentic/LLM platforms and consumer financial services
  • B2B payments, payroll, cards, and more
  • Protocols, prediction markets, perps, and more

Stablecoin yields offer an attractive alternative to offchain options and help you retain idle funds and the users that hold them. Ensure DeFi utility from day one without sacrificing on UX or adding complexity by offering earn programs backed by our vaults across chains and protocols. We work with a variety of smart wallet and integration partners to offer you a variety of ways to add one or many yield opportunities directly in your app or on your platform. 

Follow the smart money: since 2018, $1.8+ billion, 150+ integrations, tens of thousands of users

Gauntlet is a public-facing, US-based partner. We have the security, compliance, and performance track record to back up our strategies. Many say institutional-grade, but few can back it up. Pick from our Morpho vaults or Gauntlet Strategies like USD Alpha (gtUSDa) and Bitcoin Yield (gtBTC); the best risk-adjusted yields in DeFi. Integrate directly using our developer APIs and SDKs or work with one of our platform partners. 

More on our users

  • 7%+ of wallets allocate to more than one vault, 1% more than two
  • Allocators stick around; Gauntlet vaults have a 20%+ retention rate 
  • In volatile markets, capital flows from elsewhere to Gauntlet’s yield strategies (Gauntlet USDC Balanced saw 35%+ inflows following last year’s market volatility)
  • We cater to a variety of user sizes, for example 10% of wallets in our vaults hold less than $1 million

Gauntlet vaults are embedded in a variety of B2C and B2B financial applications today. We work with fintechs, custodians, exchanges, wallets, aggregators, neobanks, funds, and more. Read about our partnerships here

Want to speak to us directly? Contact Simon Mathonnet ([email protected]) or Dara Khan ([email protected]).

This document, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Gauntlet Networks, Inc. and its affiliates (“Gauntlet”) solely for informational purposes. This document may not be reproduced or redistributed in whole or in part, in any format, without the express written approval of Gauntlet. Neither the information, nor any opinion contained in this document, constitutes an offer to buy or sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, any advisory services, securities, futures, options or other financial instruments or to participate in any advisory services or trading strategy. Nothing contained in this document constitutes investment, legal, or tax advice or is an endorsement of any of the digital assets or protocols mentioned herein. You should make your own investigations and evaluations of the information herein. Any decisions based on information contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the reader. Readers should consult with their own advisors and rely on their independent judgement when making financial or investment decisions.

Certain statements in this document reflect Gauntlet’s views, estimates, opinions or predictions (which may be based on proprietary models and assumptions, including, in particular, Gauntlet’s views on the current and future market for certain digital assets), and there is no guarantee that these views, estimates, opinions or predictions are currently accurate or that they will be ultimately realized. To the extent these assumptions or models are not correct or circumstances change, the actual performance may vary substantially from, and be less than, the estimates included herein. None of Gauntlet nor any of its affiliates, shareholders, partners, members, directors, officers, management, employees or representatives makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information or any other information (whether communicated in written or oral form) transmitted or made available to you. Each of the aforementioned parties expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to or resulting from the use of this information. Certain information contained herein (including financial information) has been obtained from published and non-published sources. Such information has not been independently verified by Gauntlet, and Gauntlet does not assume responsibility for the accuracy of such information. Gauntlet and/or its affiliates may have owned, hedged, sold, or operated; or may own, hedge, sell, or operate some of the digital assets and protocols discussed in this document. Except where otherwise indicated, the information in this document is based on matters as they exist as of the date of preparation and not as of any future date, and will not be updated or otherwise revised to reflect information that subsequently becomes available, or circumstances existing or changes occurring after the date hereof. This document may provide links to other websites that we think might be of interest to you. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you may be moving to a provider’s website that is not associated with Gauntlet. These linked sites and their providers are not controlled by us, and we are not responsible for the contents or the proper operation of any linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement or our adoption of the statements contained therein. We encourage you to read the terms of use and privacy statements of these linked sites as their policies may differ from ours. For all inquiries, please email [email protected]. ©Copyright Gauntlet Networks, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved.

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