SCRYPT, the Swiss-licensed institutional crypto partner for trading, custody, and investment access, has partnered with Gauntlet, the industry’s leading provider of quantitative risk and optimisation models for DeFi. Together, the firms are launching institutional access to transparent, and risk-managed DeFi strategies at scale
Bridging Traditional Finance and DeFi innovation
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has become one of the most active and liquid markets globally, with total value locked reaching $103.8 billion on February 2, 2026, according to DefiLlama. Despite this scale, institutional investors have had limited access, constrained by regulatory uncertainty, lack of deep expertise, fragmented infrastructure, and opaque risk frameworks.
This pioneering partnership directly addresses that gap. SCRYPT provides auditable, compliant, and secure 24/7 access to DeFi yield markets for banks, funds, and professional investors, built on bank-grade security, best-in-class custody infrastructure and Swiss regulated environment.
Gauntlet’s on-chain vault strategies – already managing more than $1.5 billion across DeFi assets – will be available through SCRYPT’s Swiss-licensed portfolio management structure. As a vault curator, Gauntlet develops, deploys, and oversees vaults that run DeFi yield strategies backed by battle-tested quantitative models.
Together, SCRYPT and Gauntlet will empower professional and institutional investors worldwide to access DeFi strategies with confidence and reliability at scale.
About SCRYPT
SCRYPT is the Swiss-based institutional crypto partner behind firms starting or scaling their digital asset journey. By combining deep market access, crypto-native expertise,and proprietary infrastructure, SCRYPTenables institutions to trade, custody, and invest in digital assets with confidence. Its clients include banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, crypto projects, and commodity traders.
Licensed as a Portfolio Manager under the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), – delivering regulated, risk-managed, and high-performance access to digital asset portfolios at scale.
To learn more about SCRYPT, visit: www.scrypt.swiss.
About Gauntlet
Gauntlet is the leading quantitative risk manager in on-chain finance, building strategies for managing the financials of protocols, applications, and chains. Gauntlet equips the largest FinTechs, Financial Institutions, and investors with data-driven strategies to maximize the value of funds on-chain.
Gauntlet monitors risk for over $42B onchain, and more than $1.5B is allocated to Gauntlet’s onchain yield generation strategies across more than 80 vaults and 10 chains. Over 50,000 users globally have generated $30M+ in yield since the first Gauntlet-curated vaults were launched in February 2024. To learn more about Gauntlet, visit: www.gauntlet.xyz/.
Source: https://beincrypto.com/scrypt-gauntlet-institutional-defi-access/
