# Gauntlet

> Institutional-grade vaults for decentralized finance

Gauntlet provides institutional-grade vault curation and risk management services for DeFi protocols through quantitative optimization and simulation modeling.

Gauntlet offers risk-adjusted DeFi yields through curated vault strategies and applied research services for blockchain protocols. The platform utilizes agent-based simulations, quantitative modeling, and real-time monitoring to optimize protocol parameters, manage market risk, and curate lending, restaking, and perpetual futures vaults across multiple blockchains. Gauntlet's infrastructure processes over 400 million data points daily to inform risk management decisions for protocols securing billions in total value locked.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Finance
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2018-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Gauntlet

## Products

- [Gauntlet Vaults](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Gauntlet): Gauntlet Vaults deliver risk-adjusted DeFi yields through curated lending, restaking, and perpetual futures strategies across Morpho, Drift, Symbiotic, and Kamino protocols. The platform includes Prime, Core, and Frontier vault categories for varying risk profiles, cross-chain USD Alpha strategy for optimized USDC yields, hJLP perpetual futures strategies, and restaking vaults for network security provision. The system employs agent-based simulations, quantitative modeling, and automated risk management to optimize vault allocations across multiple blockchain networks while monitoring collateral exposure and maintaining capital efficiency. (Yield Aggregator, Live, Main Product)
- [Gauntlet Applied Research](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Gauntlet): Gauntlet Applied Research provides customized protocol optimization, risk mitigation frameworks, and growth strategies for DeFi protocols through quantitative modeling, economic incentive design, and cryptoeconomic research. The service conducts agent-based simulations, parameter optimization analysis, and market risk assessments to help blockchain projects from early-stage networks to established ecosystems launch and scale with sound economic design principles. (Service Provider, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.gauntlet.xyz)
- [Blog](https://www.gauntlet.xyz/resources)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.gauntlet.xyz/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.gauntlet.xyz/tos)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://www.gauntlet.xyz/brand-kit)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gauntlet-xyz)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/gauntlet_xyz)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Gauntlet)

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