Upshift Finance (N/A)

Upshift Finance DeFi app serves as an operating system for institutional on-chain asset management through vaults across 11+ EVM chains and Solana. It is powered by August, a prime brokerage protocol.

Upshift aims to give users exposure to more exotic yield opportunities in DeFi and beyond, which typically offer higher returns than classic DeFi platforms. These include:

• Upshift Lend: Users can lend funds into a pool that is then used to lend to private institutions with $500K+ under management. These institutions often borrow against collateral that is unusual for DeFi apps, which lets Upshift charge them higher borrow rates.
• DeFi Upshift Vault: Institutions can build complex on-chain yield strategies and source liquidity through vaults, democratizing access to DeFi yield farming opportunities for retail investors.
• Upshift RWA Clear: A service for instant conversion of tokenized real-world assets, which usually takes providers several days. When a holder wants to swap an asset (Bitwise's USCC, for example), Upshift converts it at the current Chainlink oracle price, applies a spread fee, and sends USDC.

Read more about the project features in the Upshift Finance docs.

🪙 Upshift token: As of September 2026, the project has given no hints about a potential release of a native token and an Upshift airdrop. However, on April 1, 2025, Upshift launched a points farming campaign, followed by Season 2 announced on July 2, 2025.

With that in mind, the CoinLaunch team conducted a complete review of the Upshift Finance crypto project and identified the following pros and cons:

✅ Upshift pros:

• Almost $500M in TVL;
• Over $7.2M in cumulative revenue, with $150K in monthly revenue;
• Multiple security audits by top-tier firms including Zellic and Hacken;
• Good Digital Marketing score;
• A strong partner ecosystem including Kraken and Pendle;
• Core team members with experience at Pantera, Reuters, and elsewhere.

❌ Upshift cons:

• No information about the project's backers;
• An Upshift Finance airdrop and TGE are not confirmed.