# Nest Protocol

> Earn Yield from Real-World Assets

Nest helps users earn yield from real-world assets by providing vaults that invest in institutional-grade portfolios from regulated funds and brokers.

Nest helps DeFi users earn institutional-grade yields from real-world assets by providing secure staking vaults. With it, users can deposit stablecoins into professionally managed vaults, earn yields from regulated assets like private credit and U.S. Treasuries, and receive vault tokens for DeFi composability. Nest makes traditionally restricted institutional investments accessible to everyone through blockchain technology.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Finance
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2023-10-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/nest_protocol

## Products

- [Nest Protocol](https://thegrid.id/profiles/nest_protocol): Nest Protocol deploys liquid staking infrastructure through BoringVault architecture, enabling vault-based exposure to tokenized real-world assets. The system processes stablecoin deposits across multiple vault strategies, generating yield-bearing vault tokens that maintain DeFi composability across the Plume ecosystem. (Liquid Staking, Live, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://nest.credit)
- [Blog](https://blog.nest.credit)
- [Documentation](https://docs.nest.credit)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/nestcredit)
- [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/nest)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/NestCredit)

## Relationships

- [Plume](https://thegrid.id/profiles/plume): Parent organization

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