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Gauntlet is a simulation platform for on-chain risk management. It uses agent-based simulation to tune a protocol's key parameters, improving capital efficiency, fees, risk, and incentives.
SBI Holdings: Advancing On-Chain Transformation, Deploying "Token Economy" End-to-End Services
According to The Block, Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has recently made a series of aggressive moves, completing multiple major crypto investments in succession: exclusively investing $125 million in Gauntlet's Series C, $76 million in EDX Markets' Series C, spending approximately $289 million to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank, and taking a stake in Singaporean exchange Coinhako. In addition, SBI also participated in Digital Asset's $355 million financing, Morpho's $175 million token round, and Circle's $222 million token presale, and launched Japan's first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin, JPYSC. SBI stated that the company is driving the group's overall on-chain transformation, aiming to provide end-to-end services across exchanges, asset tokenization, market platforms, and other segments, to position itself ahead of the upcoming "token economy" era. Analysts point out that SBI is building Asia's first scaled on-chain asset management business; its strategic core is not purchasing crypto exposure, but controlling the infrastructure of the next-generation financial system. On the regulatory front, the Japanese parliament is advancing legislation to include cryptocurrencies as regulated financial instruments, and plans to significantly reduce the capital gains tax on crypto assets from 55% to 20% by 2028, aligning it with stocks and bonds, providing policy support for institutional entry.
DeFi asset management and risk analysis company Gauntlet secures $125 million financing from Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings
According to Fortune, DeFi asset management and risk analysis company Gauntlet completed a $125 million financing round, exclusively invested by Japanese financial group SBI Holdings. The financing was completed in June this year, and the specific valuation was not disclosed. This is Gauntlet's largest financing round since its establishment in 2018, far exceeding its $24 million Series B round in 2022 led by Ribbit Capital at a $1 billion valuation. Gauntlet was founded by former Wall Street quantitative trader Tarun Chitra. It initially focused on providing stress testing and vulnerability analysis services for DeFi protocols. Later, as the DAO governance model waned, it gradually transitioned to a "treasury curation" business—assessing yield strategy risks through quantitative analysis to help institutional investors manage digital asset allocation. Currently, its clients include asset management giant Apollo, Coinbase, and stablecoin issuer Circle.
SBI Holdings: Advancing On-Chain Transformation, Deploying "Token Economy" End-to-End Services
According to The Block, Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has recently made a series of aggressive moves, completing multiple major crypto investments in succession: exclusively investing $125 million in Gauntlet's Series C, $76 million in EDX Markets' Series C, spending approximately $289 million to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank, and taking a stake in Singaporean exchange Coinhako. In addition, SBI also participated in Digital Asset's $355 million financing, Morpho's $175 million token round, and Circle's $222 million token presale, and launched Japan's first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin, JPYSC. SBI stated that the company is driving the group's overall on-chain transformation, aiming to provide end-to-end services across exchanges, asset tokenization, market platforms, and other segments, to position itself ahead of the upcoming "token economy" era. Analysts point out that SBI is building Asia's first scaled on-chain asset management business; its strategic core is not purchasing crypto exposure, but controlling the infrastructure of the next-generation financial system. On the regulatory front, the Japanese parliament is advancing legislation to include cryptocurrencies as regulated financial instruments, and plans to significantly reduce the capital gains tax on crypto assets from 55% to 20% by 2028, aligning it with stocks and bonds, providing policy support for institutional entry.
Drift Protocol Launches Full Rebuild After North Korean Hacker Attack, Enlists Top-Tier Security Team to Accelerate Platform Post-Mortem
According to Drift’s official announcement, the Drift Protocol released its latest recovery update on June 3, 2026. An independent forensic investigation conducted by cybersecurity firm Mandiant has confirmed that the prior attack against Drift was carried out by the North Korean threat group UNC6862, whose tactics closely align with those historically employed by North Korean state-sponsored hacking operations. On the rebuilding front, Drift announced the appointment of Noah Prince—former Engineering Lead of the Helium Protocol—as Protocol Lead, who will spearhead codebase hardening and platform security architecture redesign. Additionally, former members of the Gauntlet team have been brought on board to conduct margin engine reviews, optimize funding rates and market parameters, enhance liquidation mechanisms, and implement continuous risk monitoring. Drift plans to relaunch with “security-first” as its core principle, repositioning itself as Solana’s largest USDT-perpetuals exchange. With support from strategic partners including Tether, Drift will establish a dedicated recovery pool funded by platform revenues to compensate users for losses. Further details regarding the recovery mechanism and timeline will be disclosed progressively.
NEAR Protocol Launches Confidential Account SOL Yield Vault, Deployed by Gauntlet on Kamino
Odaily News: NEAR Protocol has announced support for users to earn SOL yield through confidential accounts. After users deposit funds into the vault, the vault cannot know their address, and there is no lock-up requirement, allowing redemption or withdrawal at any time. The related vault was deployed by Gauntlet on Kamino.
DeFi asset management and risk analysis company Gauntlet secures $125 million financing from Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings
According to Fortune, DeFi asset management and risk analysis company Gauntlet completed a $125 million financing round, exclusively invested by Japanese financial group SBI Holdings. The financing was completed in June this year, and the specific valuation was not disclosed. This is Gauntlet's largest financing round since its establishment in 2018, far exceeding its $24 million Series B round in 2022 led by Ribbit Capital at a $1 billion valuation. Gauntlet was founded by former Wall Street quantitative trader Tarun Chitra. It initially focused on providing stress testing and vulnerability analysis services for DeFi protocols. Later, as the DAO governance model waned, it gradually transitioned to a "treasury curation" business—assessing yield strategy risks through quantitative analysis to help institutional investors manage digital asset allocation. Currently, its clients include asset management giant Apollo, Coinbase, and stablecoin issuer Circle.
DeFi asset management and risk analysis company Gauntlet secures $125 million financing from Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings
According to Fortune, DeFi asset management and risk analysis company Gauntlet completed a $125 million financing round, exclusively invested by Japanese financial group SBI Holdings. The financing was completed in June this year, and the specific valuation was not disclosed. This is Gauntlet's largest financing round since its establishment in 2018, far exceeding its $24 million Series B round in 2022 led by Ribbit Capital at a $1 billion valuation. Gauntlet was founded by former Wall Street quantitative trader Tarun Chitra. It initially focused on providing stress testing and vulnerability analysis services for DeFi protocols. Later, as the DAO governance model waned, it gradually transitioned to a "treasury curation" business—assessing yield strategy risks through quantitative analysis to help institutional investors manage digital asset allocation. Currently, its clients include asset management giant Apollo, Coinbase, and stablecoin issuer Circle.
Drift Protocol Launches Full Rebuild After North Korean Hacker Attack, Enlists Top-Tier Security Team to Accelerate Platform Post-Mortem
According to Drift’s official announcement, the Drift Protocol released its latest recovery update on June 3, 2026. An independent forensic investigation conducted by cybersecurity firm Mandiant has confirmed that the prior attack against Drift was carried out by the North Korean threat group UNC6862, whose tactics closely align with those historically employed by North Korean state-sponsored hacking operations. On the rebuilding front, Drift announced the appointment of Noah Prince—former Engineering Lead of the Helium Protocol—as Protocol Lead, who will spearhead codebase hardening and platform security architecture redesign. Additionally, former members of the Gauntlet team have been brought on board to conduct margin engine reviews, optimize funding rates and market parameters, enhance liquidation mechanisms, and implement continuous risk monitoring. Drift plans to relaunch with “security-first” as its core principle, repositioning itself as Solana’s largest USDT-perpetuals exchange. With support from strategic partners including Tether, Drift will establish a dedicated recovery pool funded by platform revenues to compensate users for losses. Further details regarding the recovery mechanism and timeline will be disclosed progressively.
Over $500,000 in left-behind assets discovered before shutdown; Balancer has notified relevant institutions to claim
Odaily reports: Balancer has announced that during an inventory of DAO assets, it discovered over $500,000 in assets and unclaimed rewards left in the protocol by external users and institutions, involving institutions such as Ethena and Gauntlet. Some liquidity assets in Balancer v3 use Vault internal accounting and cannot be displayed properly on block explorers or asset management tools such as DeBank; in addition, some users still have unclaimed rewards after withdrawing liquidity from v2. Balancer has notified the relevant asset owners, and some institutions have begun withdrawals. Previously, the Balancer community approved a proposal to gradually wind down the protocol's operations, and some pools will switch to withdrawal-only mode on October 30.
NEAR Protocol Launches Confidential Account SOL Yield Vault, Deployed by Gauntlet on Kamino
Odaily News: NEAR Protocol has announced support for users to earn SOL yield through confidential accounts. After users deposit funds into the vault, the vault cannot know their address, and there is no lock-up requirement, allowing redemption or withdrawal at any time. The related vault was deployed by Gauntlet on Kamino.
Bitget Upgrades BGBTC, Introduces Gauntlet Institutional-Grade Risk Management and Chainlink CCIP
Bitget announces a comprehensive upgrade to its BGBTC, adding daily coin-denominated yields, fast redemption for large amounts, and institutional-grade risk management.
edgeX initiates V1 to V2 migration, launching a limited-time incentive program with a 50 million USDC quota in partnership with USDC and Gauntlet
edgeX has officially announced the start of its migration from version V1 to V2. Upon completion of the migration, users will be able to participate in the new USDC Rewards Vault incentive program using native USDC.This program is launched by edgeX in collaboration with the USDC ecosystem and on-chain risk management institution Gauntlet, with a total reward quota of up to 50 million USDC. During the event, users depositing USDC can earn a comprehensive annualized reward of up to approximately 7%, including:4% USDC annualized yieldAn additional 3% EDGE annualized rewardThis migration will further upgrade edgeX's transition towards a native USDC settlement system, offering users a more stable and efficient capital usage experience. The program is available for a limited time and will remain open until the deposit quota is reached.
SBI and DigiFT to Tokenize $1.3 Billion Japan Equity Fund, Startale Participates in JPYSC Settlement Testing
: SBI Group, DigiFT, and Startale Group have completed a joint proof-of-concept, utilizing the JPYSC stablecoin in an Ethereum testnet environment to demonstrate the full lifecycle of tokenized securities, including instant fund subscription settlement and on-chain automatic dividend distribution. SBI Group and DigiFT are advancing the tokenization of the SBI Japan High Dividend Equity Fund. Managed by SBI Asset Management, the fund has approximately $1.3 billion in assets under management and represents one of Japan's major public equity strategies. The three parties completed two tests. One demonstrated the near-instant settlement of fund subscriptions using JPYSC, and the other automatically calculated and distributed dividends to eligible token holders' wallets via smart contracts after the distribution register was completed. The three companies plan to explore integrating tokenized Japanese equities with institutional DeFi platforms and are considering testing use cases such as collateralized lending and on-chain asset management with ecosystem partners like Morpho and Gauntlet.
SBI Holdings: Advancing On-Chain Transformation, Deploying "Token Economy" End-to-End Services
According to The Block, Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has recently made a series of aggressive moves, completing multiple major crypto investments in succession: exclusively investing $125 million in Gauntlet's Series C, $76 million in EDX Markets' Series C, spending approximately $289 million to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank, and taking a stake in Singaporean exchange Coinhako. In addition, SBI also participated in Digital Asset's $355 million financing, Morpho's $175 million token round, and Circle's $222 million token presale, and launched Japan's first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin, JPYSC. SBI stated that the company is driving the group's overall on-chain transformation, aiming to provide end-to-end services across exchanges, asset tokenization, market platforms, and other segments, to position itself ahead of the upcoming "token economy" era. Analysts point out that SBI is building Asia's first scaled on-chain asset management business; its strategic core is not purchasing crypto exposure, but controlling the infrastructure of the next-generation financial system. On the regulatory front, the Japanese parliament is advancing legislation to include cryptocurrencies as regulated financial instruments, and plans to significantly reduce the capital gains tax on crypto assets from 55% to 20% by 2028, aligning it with stocks and bonds, providing policy support for institutional entry.
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Over $500,000 in left-behind assets discovered before shutdown; Balancer has notified relevant institutions to claim
Odaily reports: Balancer has announced that during an inventory of DAO assets, it discovered over $500,000 in assets and unclaimed rewards left in the protocol by external users and institutions, involving institutions such as Ethena and Gauntlet. Some liquidity assets in Balancer v3 use Vault internal accounting and cannot be displayed properly on block explorers or asset management tools such as DeBank; in addition, some users still have unclaimed rewards after withdrawing liquidity from v2. Balancer has notified the relevant asset owners, and some institutions have begun withdrawals. Previously, the Balancer community approved a proposal to gradually wind down the protocol's operations, and some pools will switch to withdrawal-only mode on October 30.
The Compound proposal seeks to revoke the community multisig's authority to cancel proposals following controversy over its cancellation of Proposal 618.
According to the Compound governance forum, the proposal submitted by community member Humpy titled "Terminate Community Multi-Sig Cancellation Rights" has entered an on-chain pending state. The proposal aims to invoke the Governor contract's setProposalGuardian to set the community multi-sig's (0xbbf3…012c, 5/9 signature threshold) proposal cancellation right to expire at 00:00 UTC on November 1, 2026 (timestamp 1793491200), while retaining its Pause Guardian permission to pause markets. According to the proposal description, on October 22, five signers from the community multi-sig (Cylon, Gauntlet, Arr00, PGov, Zeroshadow) cancelled Proposal 618 before voting began. This proposal intended to transfer the $5 million EPCF fund to the community multi-sig. Humpy stated that the proposal met all on-chain requirements, contained no malicious code, and posed no security threat. The proposal also points out that the Compound Foundation previously paid advisory fees to two of the signers, Arr00 and Cylon, indicating a potential conflict of interest. Additionally, Proposal 538 passed in February this year extended this cancellation right for four years, with the original expiration date being September 12, 2026. The proposal also cites forum discussions, stating that the foundation had reserved 8.42 million v2 DAI
NEAR Protocol Launches Confidential Account SOL Yield Vault, Deployed by Gauntlet on Kamino
Odaily News: NEAR Protocol has announced support for users to earn SOL yield through confidential accounts. After users deposit funds into the vault, the vault cannot know their address, and there is no lock-up requirement, allowing redemption or withdrawal at any time. The related vault was deployed by Gauntlet on Kamino.
Musk Says Grok 4.6 Can Run The Gauntlet
Musk posted on X stating that Grok 4.6 can now run The Gauntlet. In the post, he indicated that it proves Grok is powerful enough to run Gauntlet Loops, and said, "Let game making begin." This content originates from Musk's personal account, with the source labeled as xAI. The original English title of the material is "Grok 4.6 runs The Gauntlet".
Bitget Upgrades BGBTC, Introduces Gauntlet Institutional-Grade Risk Management and Chainlink CCIP
Bitget announces a comprehensive upgrade to its BGBTC, adding daily coin-denominated yields, fast redemption for large amounts, and institutional-grade risk management.
edgeX initiates V1 to V2 migration, launching a limited-time incentive program with a 50 million USDC quota in partnership with USDC and Gauntlet
edgeX has officially announced the start of its migration from version V1 to V2. Upon completion of the migration, users will be able to participate in the new USDC Rewards Vault incentive program using native USDC.This program is launched by edgeX in collaboration with the USDC ecosystem and on-chain risk management institution Gauntlet, with a total reward quota of up to 50 million USDC. During the event, users depositing USDC can earn a comprehensive annualized reward of up to approximately 7%, including:4% USDC annualized yieldAn additional 3% EDGE annualized rewardThis migration will further upgrade edgeX's transition towards a native USDC settlement system, offering users a more stable and efficient capital usage experience. The program is available for a limited time and will remain open until the deposit quota is reached.