Gauntlet is a DeFi risk management and institutional onchain yield vault platform that provides full-stack yield solutions and risk-managed vault strategies for institutions. Gauntlet's Twitter Score is 294 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,220 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Gauntlet was co-founded by Tarun Chitra and John Morrow, and has built a track record in DeFi risk management since its launch. The platform is backed by Paradigm and raised a $23.8 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation, per Bloomberg. Gauntlet describes itself as delivering crypto yield strategies with a foundation in quantitative research, citing more than 40 research papers published and over 380 billion platform data points processed.
Gauntlet serves as a vault curator and risk firm for Morpho, and in October 2025 two Gauntlet-curated USDT vaults on Morpho absorbed $775 million in a single transaction, representing a 40x TVL increase, with APY levels recovering to pre-deposit levels within ten days. Gauntlet also serves as a market curator and risk firm for Tempo, and is affiliated with Privy, Blockdaemon, Elwood, and Aera. Gauntlet previously served as a Risk Steward for Aave, overseeing risk levels, updates, and parameter changes, a relationship that ended in 2024 after four years, per CoinDesk.
Gauntlet and Securitize introduced a leveraged DeFi yield strategy built around ACRED, a tokenized Apollo credit fund, with risk actively managed by Gauntlet's risk engine and initially available on Polygon. The platform reports more than $42 billion in client assets protected and more than $1.6 billion in capital allocated across its onchain vaults, with over 150 integrations with fintechs and institutions. Gauntlet has 34,704 followers as of July 2026 and has published 6,072 posts since joining in 2018, and was included on Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers list in 2024.
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