Protocol (A, 78.92/100) and curator (A, 88/100) are comparable. Overall risk reflects both dimensions.
Capacity
Uncapped — no deposit limit
About this vault
USDC Prime is a curator-managed vault for USDC depositors on Kamino (Solana). Gauntlet allocates the pooled USDC across the venue's markets under a published mandate, and depositors hold vault shares whose price accrues the strategy's return instead of receiving a separate payout. It is used to hold USDC as a single position instead of picking and rebalancing individual markets; the curator's allocation choices and the markets underneath both determine what the position earns and what it is exposed to.
Protocol
Kamino
Chain
Solana
Asset
USDC
Manager
Gauntlet
Strategy
Conservative USDC lending with data-driven risk management and premium collateral allocation.
Gauntlet is a quantitative risk-management firm founded in 2018, headquartered in the US, with a team of ≈70. Founded by an ex-D.E. Shaw quant, it carries a ≈$1B valuation and is backed by Paradigm and Polychain Capital. It is one of the most established risk modelers in DeFi, historically providing parameter…
